Louis Crucy
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Louis Crucy was a French architect and brother of Mathurin Crucy
, with whom he worked on the naval facilities at Indre
, near Nantes, from 1800 onwards, as they expanded due to the war effort against England.
Louis Crucy and Françoise Le Roux had two daughters, Justine (born in 1798) and Alexandrine-Zita (born in 1801), who themselves married two brothers, both architects, Louis-Prudent Douillard (in 1821) and Constant Douillard (in 1823). Constant Douillard (born in 1795) is considered a rather important architect in Nantes : he designed some of the hospitals of Loire-Inférieure, notably St. Jacques General Hospital in Nantes, and the place du Sanitat in the same town. Louis-Prudent (born in 1790) generally worked in association with his brother.
The Crucy shipyard was located at Basse-Indre in the commune of Indre. It was visited by Napoleon when he came in Nantes in 1808. After the failure, it was abandoned until 1821, when it was sold to a group of British investors who between 1822 and 1824, created there a steel facility, which was to be knowh as the Forges de Basse-Indre (still existing nowadays, as Arcelor Packaging).
Mathurin Crucy
Mathurin Crucy was a French architect and urban planner, who conceived a major Neo-Classical architectural programme for Nantes which deeply marked the town.- Life :...
, with whom he worked on the naval facilities at Indre
Indre, Loire-Atlantique
Indre is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.-Etymology:The name Indre, pronounced in French, derives from that of Latin Antrum. The city was called Antrum and Antrinse monasterium in 840, Andra in 1144 was renamed Aindre and Indre.The inhabitants of Indre are known in...
, near Nantes, from 1800 onwards, as they expanded due to the war effort against England.
Life (elements)
On the 4 October 1785, in the Saint Similien's church in Nantes, Louis and Mathurin Crucy married sisters Françoise and Marie Françoise Le Roux.Louis Crucy and Françoise Le Roux had two daughters, Justine (born in 1798) and Alexandrine-Zita (born in 1801), who themselves married two brothers, both architects, Louis-Prudent Douillard (in 1821) and Constant Douillard (in 1823). Constant Douillard (born in 1795) is considered a rather important architect in Nantes : he designed some of the hospitals of Loire-Inférieure, notably St. Jacques General Hospital in Nantes, and the place du Sanitat in the same town. Louis-Prudent (born in 1790) generally worked in association with his brother.
The Crucy shipyard was located at Basse-Indre in the commune of Indre. It was visited by Napoleon when he came in Nantes in 1808. After the failure, it was abandoned until 1821, when it was sold to a group of British investors who between 1822 and 1824, created there a steel facility, which was to be knowh as the Forges de Basse-Indre (still existing nowadays, as Arcelor Packaging).