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Baron Haussmann
built 657 days ago
The 19th century château, the former home of Baron Haussmann, with its plain, majestic architecture set in the middle of a 38-hectare estate, is steeped in wine history. This excellent terroir of stony topsoil over a subsoil of clay, facing due south, is an incentive for the Lafragette family to pursue its drive for optimal quality : hand-picked grapes carried in trug baskets to the cellars for stringent selection on the sorting table, vinification in wooden vats, and ageing for 14 to 16 months in oak barrels, 40% of which are replaced every year.
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During the 1860s, Baron Haussmann converted this hilly site from a garbage dump and quarry -- with gallows at its foot -- into beautiful English-style gardens, replete with a lake and man-made island, a Roman-style temple, waterfall, streams, and footbridges. Today, in summer, visitors will ... find boating facilities, donkey rides, and sun worshipers on the beautifully kept lawns.
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Georges-Eugène Haussmann (March 27, 1809 – January 11, 1891), who called himself Baron Haussmann, was a French civic planner whose name is associated with the rebuilding of Paris. He was born in Paris to a Protestant family from Alsace.
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Baron Haussmann was the town planner who created the buildings that conjure the traditional images of Paris. Haussmann style buildings (... referred to as pierre de taille or cut stone) were designed to accommodate several families of varying class. They usually have from 5-7 floors (étages).
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Paris was transformed during Manet's time under the direction of Baron Haussmann, prefect of the Seine. Old neighborhoods were torn down to make way for wide boulevards; new buildings and bridges were constructed. Rubble was a constant reminder of both urban renewal and the removal of whatever and whoever stood in its way.
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