Jean-Camille Formigé, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French architect
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Place of Birth: Le Bouscat, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Jean-Camille Formigé
- Jean-Camille Formigé (1845-1926) was a French architect during the French Third Republic.
- He served as the chief architect of historic monuments of France, and also as the chief architect of buildings, promenades and gardens of the city of Paris.
- His son, Jules Formigé, was also a prominent architect. Notable buildings, structures and parks designed by Formigé include the Pont de Bir-Hakeim (1905); the Viaduc d'Austerlitz (1904); the dramatic sloping park in front of the Basilica of Sacre-Coeur in Paris; the Square d'Anvers, the Square des Epinettes and the square in front of the Arenes de Lutece in Paris; the monumental greenhouse of the Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil (1895-1898); the Columbarium at Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris; the restoration of the Roman amphitheater and theater in Arles, France; and the restoration of the Roman theater at Orange, France.
- He restored the Abbey of Conques (1878) and the Tower of Saint-Jacques, across from the Louvre, in Paris.
- He also designed the Palace of Fine Arts and the Palace of Liberal Arts, two of the major exhibition halls at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889.
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