Louis Le Vau (1612 – 11 October 1670) was a French Classical architect
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Louis Le Vau (1612 – 11 October 1670) was a French Classical architect
Architect
An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e.... who worked for Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV ruled as List of French monarchs and of King of Navarre. He ascended the throne a few months before his fifth birthday, but did not assume actual personal control of the government until the death of his prime minister , the Italians Jules Cardinal Mazarin, in 1661.... . He was born and died in Paris
Paris
Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France .... .
Andr? Le N?tre was a landscape architect and the gardener of King Louis XIV of France from 1645 to 1700. Most notably, he was responsible for the construction of the park of the Palace of Versailles.... and Charles Le Brun
Charles Le Brun
Charles Le Brun was a French Painting and Aesthetics, one of the dominant artists in 17th century France.... , for the redesign of the château of Vaux-le-Vicomte
Vaux-le-Vicomte
The Ch?teau de Vaux-le-Vicomte is a baroque French chateau located in Maincy, near Melun, 55 km southeast of Paris in the Seine-et-Marne d?partement in France of France.... . His later works included the Palace of Versailles
Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal ch?teau in Versailles, the ?le-de-France region of France. In French language, it is known as the Ch?teau de Versailles.... and his collaboration with Claude Perrault
Claude Perrault
Though Claude Perrault is best known as the architect of the eastern range of the Louvre in Paris, he also achieved success as physician and anatomist, and as an author, who wrote treatises on physics and natural history... on the Louvre
Louvre
The Louvre Museum , located in Paris, is a historic monument, and a national museum of France. It is a central landmark, located on the Rive Droite of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement of Paris .... . Le Vau also designed two mirroring additions across the Parterre to the evergrowing Château de Vincennes
Château de Vincennes
The Ch?teau de Vincennes is a massive 14th and 17th century France royal castle in the town of Vincennes, to the east of Paris, now a suburb of the metropolis.... , the Château du Raincy
Château du Raincy
The Ch?teau du Raincy was constructed between 1643 and 1650 by Jacques Bordier, indendant des finances, on the site of a Benedictine order on the road from Paris to Meaux, in the present-day commune of Le Raincy in the Seine-Saint-Denis department of France.... , the Collège des Quatre-Nations
Collège des Quatre-Nations
The Coll?ge des Quatre-Nations , also known as the Coll?ge Mazarin after its founder, was one of the colleges of the historic University of Paris.... (now housing the Institut de France
Institut de France
The Institut de France is a France learned society, grouping five acad?mies, the most famous of which is probably the Acad?mie fran?aise.... ), the church of St. Sulpice
Saint-Sulpice (Paris)
Saint-Sulpice is a famous Parisian church on the east side of the Place Saint-Sulpice, in the Luxembourg Quarter of the VIe arrondissement. At 113 meters long, 58 meters in width and 34 meters tall, it is only slightly smaller than Notre Dame de Paris and thus the second largest church in Paris.... , and Hôtel Lambert
Hôtel Lambert
H?tel Lambert is an h?tel particulier on Quai Anjou on the eastern tip of the ?le Saint-Louis, IVe arrondissement; the name H?tel Lambert was a sobriquet that designated a nineteenth-century political faction of Poland exiles, who gathered there.... , on the Île Saint-Louis
Île Saint-Louis
The ?le Saint-Louis is one of two natural islands in the Seine river, in Paris, France . The island is named after King Louis IX of France .The island is connected to the rest of Paris by bridges to both banks of the river and by the Pont Saint Louis to the ?le de la Cit?.... , Paris
Paris
Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France .... .
