Jean-Charles Alphand

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Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand, born in 1817 and died in 1891, interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery (division 66), was a French Engineer of the Corps of Bridges and Roads. Under Napoléon III, Alphand participated in the renovation of Paris directed by Baron Haussmann between 1852 and 1870, in the company of another engineer Eugène Belgrand and the landscape architect Jean-Pierre Barillet-Deschamps.

Jean-Charles Alphand's notable accomplishments :

• Temple Square,
• The Paris Observatory Avenue,
• The Gardens of Champs-Élysées,
• Park Monceau,
• Boulevard Richard-Lenoir,
• Bois de Vincennes,
• Parc Montsouris,
• Bois de Boulogne,
• Parc des Buttes-Chaumont,
• Batignolles Square.

After the retirement of Haussmann, his successor Léon Say entrusted to Alphand the position of Director of Public Works of Paris. Under this title, Alphand continued the works of Haussmann. Alphand also became the Directory of Water Works after the death of Belgrand in 1878. In particular Alphand directed the construction of :

• Fortifications of Paris,
• The Trocadéro Gardens, carried out for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1878,
• Preparation for the Universal Exposition of 1889,
• The Promenade and Gardens of Paris' Hôtel de Ville.

A monument to Alphand, avenue Foch Paris, [1]

Details of the Monument

[edit] Bibliography

• Alphand, Jean-Charles (1984). Les Promenades De Paris. New York, New York: Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 0910413061. 
• Downie, David (2005). "Montsouris and Buttes-Chaumont: the art of the faux", Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light. Fort Bragg: Transatlantic Press, pp. 34–41. ISBN 0976925109. 

[edit] References

1. ^ This monument if the work of sculptor Aimé-Jules Dalou and architect Jean Camille Formigé. It is located between 17-22 Avenue Foch.

Fierro, Alfred (1999). "Buttes-Chaumont", Life and History of the 19th Arrondissement. Paris: Editions Hervas, pp. 80–100. ISBN 2903118299.