Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Place de la Concorde
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Accession Number:
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176843
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module FIVE--6,102 images
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Type of View:
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generalView
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View Title:
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Northwest pavilion, representing the French city of Brest, by Jacques Ignace Hittorff
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Date of View:
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5/15/1997
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Image description:
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At each corner of the octagon formed by the Place are statues, created by Jacques Ignace Hittorff, representing the French cities of Lille, Strasbourg, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Brest and Rouen.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module FIVE
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Culture:
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French
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Subject:
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City planning
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Work Types:
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Architecture; public works; monuments ; obelisks (monumental pillars)
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Work Types:
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Architecture; public works; waterworks; fountains
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Work Types:
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Art; sculpture (visual works)
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Work Types:
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Built Environment; public spaces; squares (open spaces)
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Preferred Title:
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Place de la Concorde
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Agent Display:
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Ange-Jacques Gabriel (French architect, 1698-1782); Jacques-Ignace Hittorff (French architect, 1792-1867)
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Date:
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1829-1854 (alteration)
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Materials:
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paving; stone
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurement:
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86,400 m2 (area)
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Alternate Title:
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Place Louis XV
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Locations:
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Paris, ¿le-de-France, France
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Nineteenth century
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Classification:
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Architecture
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