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Paris, Haussmann transformations
Paris, Haussmann transformations

Paris before / after Haussmann transformations - from 1823 to 1927. (crédits photos Charles Marville Editions du Mécène et Gilles Leimdorfer) Even today the opinions are divided as soon as we evoke the work of Haussmann. For the town planners, his assessment is positive because he brought the old city of Paris built on the Seine banks into a modern era. On the opposite, for the lovers of old stones, the prefect of Napoleon III was a vandal, who devastated without any qualms a city which had not undergone big upheavals since the Middle Ages. Make up your own mind ! Encore aujourd'hui les avis sont plus que partagés dès qu'on évoque l'œuvre d'Haussmann. Pour les urbanistes, son bilan est positif car Haussmann a permis à la vieille cité bâtie sur les rives de la Seine d'entrer dans l'ère moderne. A l'inverse, pour les amoureux des vieilles pierres, le préfet de Napoléon III fut un vandale, qui saccagea sans états d'âme une ville qui n'avait pas subi de grands bouleversements depuis le Moyen Age. Faites-vous votre propre opinion !

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