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Baron Haussmann: Napoleon Iii
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The straight avenue or "cannon-shot boulevard" of Paris is primarily a product of 1850 - 1870, and attributed to Napoleon III from designs by Baron Haussmann. The back alleys and streets of Paris witnessed on many occasions, major riots (street fighting) during the early half of the nineteenth century. Napoleon III found this occasion to be remedied through the construction of a series of wide, straight streets, a strategy that may have roots in military strategy of trench defense.
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It was built on the orders of Napoleon III as part of the great Parisian reconstruction project carried out by Baron Haussmann. The project was put out to competition and was won by Charles Garnier (1825-1898), a then unknown 35-year-old architect. He would go on to ... build the Opera Garnier de Monte-Carlo in Monaco.
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