Georges-Eugène Haussmann
French official and politician (1809-1891)
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Baron Haussmann carved up 19th-century Paris with boulevards, parks, and public works so grand they basically invented modern urban planning. Picked by Napoleon III in 1853 to remake the capital, he left a city that still looks like his blueprint.
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Georges-Eugène Haussmann, known as Baron Haussmann, was a French official who supervised a radical urban renewal programme of new boulevards, parks, and public works in Paris, referred to as Haussmann's renovation of Paris, aimed at introducing grandeur in the city. First a prefect in Var (1849–1850), Yonne (1850–1851), and Gironde (1851–1853), his skills as an administrator led to his appointment in Paris by Emperor Napoleon III in 1853.
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