COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Place Dauphine
Image View:
Facade of the south building
Creator:
Achille de Harlay, Comte de Beaumont (French director, 1536-1616); Henry IV, King of France (French patron, 1553-1610)
Location:
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Location Note:
1st arrondissement; bounded north and south by Rue de Harley and Pont Neuf
GPS:
+48.856539+2.342428
Date:
begun 1607 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Seventeenth century
Work Type 1:
square (open space)
Work Type 2:
row house
Classification:
architecture
Material:
paving; brick; limestone
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architecture; cityscape; City planning; Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610; quoins
Description:
The Place Dauphine, laid out in 1609 while the Place des Vosges was still under construction, was named for the Dauphin of France, the future Louis XIII. It was among the earliest city-planning projects of Henri IV. Achilles Harley was the magistrate (later the first president of parliament) in charge of the building program of 32 town houses adhering to a single plan, arranged in two parallel blocks. The land for the square was donated by the Crown, but construction was paid for by the individual plot owners, who were required to follow the royal façade design. The houses are built of brick with limestone quoins, and they have arcaded ground-floors capped by steep slate roofs with dormers. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Five
Identifier:
1A2-F-P-PD-B3
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Place Dauphine
