Simon Maupin

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Simon Maupin (before 1625 in Longueau - 10 October 1668 in Lyon) was a French architect.

The City hall of Lyon, built by Simon Maupin.

Biography

In 1625, he engraved his Plan de Lyon.^[1]

He became famous when he drew up the plans of the City hall of Lyon, built between 1646 and 1651. It was presumed that he only executed a project made by Girard Desargues, but it seems he took his orders from the consular advice.

In 1654, he drew up the plans of work to be done to restore the old dam built along the left bank of the Rhône, near the Parc de la Tête d'Or. In 1659, he was appointed intendant of dikes and works done on the Rhone.

In 1659, his plan of Lyon entitled Description au naturel de la ville de Lyon et païsages alentour d'icelle was published.

In 1661, for unknown reasons, he resigned from his post as road inspector and died seven years later, in Lyon.

References

↑ Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours, Hoefer (Jean Chrétien Ferdinand), Firmin Didot frères (Paris), p 394

External links

(French) Culture.gouv.fr

This article incorporates information from the revision as of 2009-05-22 of the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.

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Name	Maupin, Simon
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Short description	French architect
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Date of death	1668
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