TEC4616496: The cemetery of the Pere Lachaise in Paris 20th. Opened around 1804 on a land formerly owned by the Jesuit. The architect Alexandre Theodore Brongniart conceived the plans of 1810. Many artists worked at Pere Lachaise in the first half of the 19th century. With an area of almost 44 hectares, it has nearly 70,000 monuments. Photography 06/06/05. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4617707: The dome has stained glass windows of Galeries Lafayette, 38-46ae boulevard Haussmann, Paris 9e. The owners Alphonse Kahn and Theophile Bader entrusted the architect Georges Chedanne in 1906 with the construction of a new stone building. And in view of the success of this new concept, Ferdinand Chanut (1872-1961) extended the building in 1913-1912. In the center of the store still remains the dome with stained glass windows. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4617596: Les Galeries Lafayette, 38-46ae boulevard Haussmann, Paris 9e. The owners Alphonse Kahn and Theophile Bader entrusted the architect Georges Chedanne in 1906 with the construction of a new stone building. And in view of the success of this new concept, Ferdinand Chanut extended the building in 1910. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4617626: Les Galeries Lafayette, 38-46ae boulevard Haussmann, Paris 9e. In 1906 the owners Alphonse Kahn and Theophile Bader entrusted the architect Georges Chedanne (1861-1940) with the construction of a new stone building Boulevard Haussmann. In view of the success of this new concept, Ferdinand Chanut extended the building in 1910-12. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4617531: Square d'Orleans, Paris 75009. Appoints in tribute to King Louis Philippe (1773-1850). In the romantic period, many famous families had made this residential complex a veritable phalanstere of artists. This space of time is very protected by the Historic Monuments, was built from 1830 to 1832 by the British architect Edward Crecy, who in 1829 had brought it to Melle Mars, famous actress of the Theatre Francais and formidable businesswoman. The Square is made up of three inner courtyards connected by vault passages (Ankillary Corridors) to the coffered ceilings. There were 46 apartments and artists' workshops, the last of which is still visible in the third courtyard. The central courtyard, monumental, is an English square in the style of Regent's Park in London, England. Composed of 4 buildings on 4 floors, lined with beds, planted with trees, it is decorated in its centre with green baskets and a jet of water fed by the water of the Ourcq Canal. / Bridgeman Images