Explain what is meant by the 'Haussmannisation of Paris'? To what extent would you support or oppose this form of?
Haussmanisation
of Paris refers to the re-building of Paris by Baron Haussmann, the Prefect of the Seine in the
mid-eighteenth century. When Louis Napoleon III came to power, he appointed
Haussmann as the chief architect of the new city. His name has come to stand for the forcible reconstruction of cities to enhance their beauty and impose order.
Fir seventeen years after 1852, Haussmann rebuilt Paris. Straight, broad avenues or boulevards and open spaces were designed, and full-grown trees transplanted. By 1870, one-fifth of the streets of Paris were Haussmann's creation. In addition, policemen were employed, night patrols were begun, and bus shelters and tap water introduced.
Public works on this scale employed large number of people: one in five working persons in Paris was in building trade in the 1860's.
The outcry against Haussmann's Paris soon got converted into civic pride as the new capital became the toast of all Europe. Paris became the hub of many new architectural, social and intellectual developments that were very influential right through the twentieth century, even in other parts of the globe.
Haussmanisation of Paris refers to the re-building of Paris by Baron Haussmann, the Prefect of the Seine in the mid-eighteenth century. When Louis Napoleon III came to power, he appointed Haussmann as the chief architect of the new city. His name has come to stand for the forcible reconstruction of cities to enhance their beauty and impose order.
Fir seventeen years after 1852, Haussmann rebuilt Paris. Straight, broad avenues or boulevards and open spaces were designed, and full-grown trees transplanted. By 1870, one-fifth of the streets of Paris were Haussmann's creation. In addition, policemen were employed, night patrols were begun, and bus shelters and tap water introduced.
Public works on this scale employed large number of people: one in five working persons in Paris was in building trade in the 1860's.
The outcry against Haussmann's Paris soon got converted into civic pride as the new capital became the toast of all Europe. Paris became the hub of many new architectural, social and intellectual developments that were very influential right through the twentieth century, even in other parts of the globe.
