North fountain, seen from the intersection of Rue du Val-de-Grâce (foreground)
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North fountain, seen from the intersection of Rue du Val-de-Grâce (foreground)
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Creator:
François Mansart (French architect, ca. 1598-1666)
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François Mansart (French architect, ca. 1598-1666)
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Location:
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Location Note:
5th arrondissement; quartier du Val-de-Grâce
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5th arrondissement; quartier du Val-de-Grâce
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GPS:
+48.84088+2.340857
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+48.84088+2.340857
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Date:
ca. 1646 (creation)
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ca. 1646 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
French
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French
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Style Period:
Seventeenth century
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Seventeenth century
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Work Type 1:
square (open space)
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square (open space)
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Work Type 2:
fountain
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fountain
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Classification:
architecture
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architecture
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Material:
paving; lighting
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paving; lighting
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Technique:
construction (assembling)
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construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
20 m (width) x 35 m (length)
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20 m (width) x 35 m (length)
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Description:
This site consists of the space created in front of the church of Val-de-Grâce by Rue Val-de-Grâce and the Rue Saint-Jacques. It exists because Mansart planned a set back from the street for the church; the size of which was precisely calculated so that from the forecourt the dome would disappear completely behind the frontispiece. It takes its name (in 1930) from the military doctor and bacteriologist Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845-1922). Laveran won the Nobel Prize in 1907. The two modern fountains were installed in 1995. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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This site consists of the space created in front of the church of Val-de-Grâce by Rue Val-de-Grâce and the Rue Saint-Jacques. It exists because Mansart planned a set back from the street for the church; the size of which was precisely calculated so that from the forecourt the dome would disappear completely behind the frontispiece. It takes its name (in 1930) from the military doctor and bacteriologist Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845-1922). Laveran won the Nobel Prize in 1907. The two modern fountains were installed in 1995. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)