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    Jules Hardouin-Mansart (French pronunciation: [ʒyl aʁdwɛ̃ mɑ̃saʁ]; 16 April 1646 – 11 May 1708) was a French Baroque architect and builder whose major...
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  • Mansart may refer to: François Mansart (1598–1666), French architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646–1708), French architect, his grandnephew Mansart (crater)...
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    of Russia. Major architects of the period included François Mansart, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Robert de Cotte, Pierre Le Muet, Claude Perrault, and Louis...
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    modified by Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1678–1680) Louis continued to add to the Palace through the end of his reign. In 1687, Jules Hardouin-Mansart and then...
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    subsequently reused by his grandnephew, Jules Hardouin Mansart. Mansart died in Paris in 1666. The Château de Balleroy, Mansart's earliest surviving work The Church...
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  • from 960 to 980 Hardouin de Graetz, or Ortwin (1475–1542), German scholar and theologian Hardouin Mansart, or Jules Hardouin Mansart (1646–1708), French...
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    in the Palace of Versailles by Jules Hardouin-Mansart (begun 1678–1686) Chapel of Les Invalides, Jules Hardouin-Mansart (completed 1708) Chapel of the...
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  • He was the second son and fifth and final child of the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646-1708) and Anne Bodin (1646-1738). On 15 January 1701 he married...
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    Louvre (1546), by Pierre Lescot Dome of Les Invalides (1677–1706) by Jules Hardouin-Mansart The École Militaire (1751–1780) by Ange-Jacques Gabriel The Arc...
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  • architect Jean Mansart de Jouy (1705-1783), whilst he was also the grandson of Jules Hardouin-Mansart, great-great-great nephew of François Mansart and great-nephew...
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    design tradition was continued by numerous architects, including Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646–1708), his great-nephew, who is responsible for Château de...
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    utility. Eventually it was decided to demolish it and architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart was tasked with the design development and the construction of the...
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    Commission of the work was entrusted to the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart. Hardouin-Mansart's new structure was twice the size of the porcelain pavilion...
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    the Invalides was designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart from 1676, taking inspiration from his great-uncle François Mansart's design for a Chapelle des Bourbons [fr]...
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    rather than a full-fledged architect, and perhaps by Thomas Gobert. Jules Hardouin-Mansart intervened towards the end of the century, designing a grand stair...
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    Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1677–1706 Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles, 1678–1684 Garden façade of the Palace of Versailles, by Jules Hardouin-Mansart...
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    The architect was Jacques Hardouin-Mansart de Sagonne (1711-1778), a grandson of the famous architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart. In 1764 Louis-François Trouard...
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    Orangerie (French: L'orangerie du château de Versailles) was built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart between 1684 and 1686, before work on the Château de Versailles...
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    French victory in 1678, Louis XIV appointed as First Architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart, an experienced architect in Louis XIV's confidence, who would benefit...
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    starting point of the Rue de la Paix. Its regular architecture by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and pedimented screens canted across the corners give the rectangular...
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    Mortgage credit. The façade was designed by the royal architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart. In 1854 it was acquired by the Péreire brothers, who made it the...
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    The design is similar to the Château de Dampierre-en-Yvelines by Jules Hardouin-Mansart. On March 12, 1881, the Marquis Henri de Breteuil organized a secret...
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    architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart. Philippe de Courcillon de Dangeau wrote May 21, 1706, that being at Marly, "the king worked in the morning with Mansart, who...
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    department attached to the king's household, and the royal architect, Jules Hardouin Mansart, was entrusted with redesigning a grander complex of buildings,...
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    natural esthetic of André Le Nôtre to the architectonic style of Jules Hardouin Mansart. The first major modification to the gardens during this phase occurred...
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    under Louis XIV), and was built under the direction of architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart and completed in 1682. Equipped with a riding school, it housed...
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    Mansart is named for the French architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart, who lived from 1646 to 1708. To the east of Mansart is Bjornson crater, and to the west is...
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    under Louis XIV), and was built under the direction of architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart and completed in 1681. Today, it houses the École Nationale Supérieure...
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    Europe's largest orangery, the Versailles Orangerie. Designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart for Louis XIV's 3,000 orange trees at Versailles, its dimensions...
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    was easily accessible to the public. Designed by the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart, it was constructed around 1698–1700 and painted with Virgilian...
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