Vielle Ville de Aix-en-Provence

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Untitled plan of the Vielle Ville de Aix-en-Provence

"Pour servir aux observations sur le triangulation des Eng.s"

CAUVET, Paul-Gilles, after
[Aix-en-Provance,
c1781, or later].
Large original manuscript plan, pen and ink, graphite, and colour wash, on several joined sheets, watermarked "360".
435 by 755mm (17.25 by 29.75 inches).
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A detailed and complex plan of the oldest part of the city of Aix-en-Provence, incorporating draft plans for the modernisation of the area to the southwest of the famous "Le Cours" (since 1876, the Cours Mirabeau), where the Place de la Rotonde is, and the Fontaine de la Rotonde now stands. The original design for revitalising the area was submitted by celebrated local architect and designer, Paul-Gilles Cauvet in 1781. However, work did not begin on the Place de la Rotonde...

bibliography:

bibliography:

Association Française de Génie Civil, online; The Trustees of the British Museum online.

provenance:

provenance:

Provenance: Freycinet family archives