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| Henri Jacques Esperandieu | |
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| birth | February 22, 1829 Nimes |
| Death | November 11, 1874 (aged 45) Marseilles |
| nationality |  France |
| education | ENSBA |
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| successes | Cathedral (A cathedral is originally a Christian church in which the…) of Marseille, Our Lady of the Guard, Longchamp Palace |
| honors | Knight of the Legion of Honour |
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Henri Jacques Esperandieu born February 22, 1829 in NĂ®mes and died (Death is the final state of a biological organism that ceases to live (even if…) November 11, 1874 in Marseille is an architect (The architect is the professional of the building whose function it is to conceive and direct…) of Protestant origin, who spent his entire career in Marseille, where he created some of the city’s most famous monuments (A city is an urban entity (an “establishment human”) for… ).
biography
Henri EspĂ©randieu was born on February 22, 1829 in NĂ®mes into a Protestant family of modest origin. He first came to the evangelical community school, where he distinguished himself through diligence. In 1840 he received a bursary from his father to enter the Royal College (A college can name a group of people who share the same…) of NĂ®mes, where he showed his taste (For the ability to judge beautiful things, see taste (aesthetics)) for drawing and mathematics (mathematics is a field of abstract knowledge built with…).
He observes the construction work of the Saint-Paul church in NĂ®mes, located near his father’s house (A house is a medium-sized building intended for a family dwelling,…), which triggers his vocation: He becomes an architect. The construction work on this church (The church can be:) was carried out under the direction of Charles-Auguste Questel, member of the Institute and architect of the Palace of Versailles. His father managed to get in touch with Questel, who undertook to get the young EspĂ©randieu to work in an architectural office in Paris.
On October 23, 1845, Henri EspĂ©randieu left NĂ®mes to go to Paris, accompanied by his friend Ernest Roussel (Paris is a French city, capital of France and capital of the region…). He stayed with his uncle, a hotel manager in Paris, and joined LĂ©on Vaudoyer’s studio in October 1845. This contact with the workshop is one of the happiest for him; he wrote: “It is a real pleasure to work in these workshops … where the strongest help the weakest. On December 16, 1846, he was admitted for the first time to the School of Fine Arts in Paris. He undertakes paid college to ease his father’s financial burden. He plans a train station (A train station is usually a place where trains stop. A train station includes various facilities that …), a suspension bridge (A suspension bridge denotes a metal structure whose deck is fixed by …), a country house (The rural environment, also called rural environment, refers to all growing areas…) etc.
From 1850 Questel brought him into his agency and associated him with the completion of the final drawings for the Church of Saint-Paul in NĂ®mes. Questel, responsible for the maintenance of the Versailles estate and the modifications to be made to the castle (A castle is originally a medieval structure intended for…), involves him in the works and overseeing the construction sites.
From May 1852 he divided his time (time is a humanly developed concept to understand…) between the workshops of Questel and Vaudoyer. The latter was responsible for the construction of the Major’s Cathedral in Marseille, the cornerstone of which was laid on September 26, 1852. He offered EspĂ©randieu to be his local representative. It was not until May 22, 1854 that EspĂ©randieu was officially appointed inspector of the cathedral’s works: it was the beginning of his brilliant career as an architect in Marseille, where he settled permanently in 1855.
It should be noted that his hometown will never give him the opportunity to construct a building; his very interesting project (A project is an irreversible commitment with an uncertain result, not reproducible a…) for the Church of St. Baudile in NĂ®mes is unfortunately rejected by a (Catholic) jury whose objectivity can be strongly questioned.. .