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short note on haussmanisation of paris

Answer 1

) In 1852, Louis Napolean III wanted to rebuild the city of Paris and appointed Baron Haussmann, the chief architect, as the prefect of the seine.

(ii) His name has come to stand for the forcible reconstruction of cities to enhance their beauty and impose order.

(iii) The poor were evicted from the centre of Paris.

(iv) For 17 years after 1852,Haussmann rebuilt Paris. Straight broad avenues or boulevards and open spaces were designed and full-grown trees were transplanted.

(v) By 1870, one-fifth of the streets of Paris were Haussmann’s creation. Bus shelters and tap water were introduced.

The whole process is referred to as Haussmanisation of Paris.

Answer 2

Haussmanisation of Paris refers to the re-building of Paris by Baron Haussmann in the mid-eighteenth century.When Louis Napoleon IlI came to power, he appointed haussmann as the chief architect of the new city.He laid out new streets, straight sidewalks, boulevards and open avenues, and plantedfull-grown trees.Haussmann's architectural plans had positives as well as negatives.His name gas become a representation of forcible reconstruction to enhance the people from the centre of paris.This included many poor people who were now rendered homeless.Nevertheless, this "Haussmanisation of Paris" had its boons too.Public works employed nearly one in five working people.Haussmann's work was criticised by the wealthy and poor alike during his time, but Paris became a symbol of civic pride for the French and it became the nucleus of many new architectural social and intellectual developments that influenced other parts of the world in the tweenth century.



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