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Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann  

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  • Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809–1891) was charged by Emperor Napoléon III with turning Paris into a capital worthy of an empire. Creating broad boulevards that connected the city and highlighted its greatest monuments, Haussmann used the principles of axiality and symmetry to build a city that was a showcase not only for France but for all of Europe. [Source: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies; Haussmann, Baron Georges-Eugène]

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