Laurent Vallon
Laurent Vallon (1652–1724) was a French architect, mostly active in the Provence. Many of his buildings are now listed as monuments historiques.
Laurent Vallon
- Name
- Laurent Vallon
- Born
- 1652
- Died
- 1724
- Occupation
- Architect
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Laurent Vallon (1652–1724) was a French architect, mostly active in the Provence. Many of his buildings are now listed as monuments historiques.
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Laurent Vallon (1652–1724) was a French architect. The architect was born and died in Aix-en-Provence.
Works include Église de la Madeleine. Languages used include French.
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• Name — Laurent Vallon • Born — 1652 • Died — 1724 • Occupation — Architect • Children — Georges Vallon
Early life
Early life
Laurent Vallon was born in 1652. He received his training from Jacques and Jean Drusian.
Career
Career
He designed several Hôtel particuliers. In Aix-en-Provence, he was commissioned by Henri Reynaud d'Albertas (1674-1746) to design the Hôtel d'Albertas with Jean Lombard, which is listed as Monument historique. It is located on the Place d'Albertas, which was designed by his son Georges and is also listed. Together with Jean Daret and Jean Jaubert, he also designed the Hôtel d'Olivary located at 10 rue du Quatre-Septembre, also listed. He also designed the facade of the Hôtel de Grimaldi-Régusse, a listed building located at 26, rue de l'Opéra. Additionally, he designed several Roman Catholic convents and a church. Together with Joseph Jaubert and Jean Vallon, he designed the Collège Mignet located on the rue Cardinale, then two Roman Catholic convents known as Couvent des Bénédictines (for the Order of Saint Benedict) and Couvent des Ursulines (for the Ursulines); it is listed. On his own, he designed another convent, this time for the Jesuits, known as the Couvent des Jésuites located at 20 rue Lacépède, which is also listed. Additionally, with Thomas Veyrier (1658-1736), he designed the Chapel of the Oblates located at 52-60 Cours Mirabeau, also listed. Moreover, he designed the Église de la Madeleine in Aix, which was built from 1691 to 1703. He also designed the Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Faubourg, located at 36 cours Sextius in Aix, built from 1697 to 1702, and listed since 1983. With his son, he designed the Halle aux grains, another listed building since 1983, which was built from 1717 to 1759 and now houses a post office and a library. In Marignane, together with Jean Daret, he designed the Château des Covet, which now serves as the townhall, also listed.
Personal life
Personal life
He had a son, Georges Vallon (1688-1767), who was also a renowned architect. He died in 1724.
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Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation architect. Recorded as a citizen of France. Institutional cataloguing adds that laurent Vallon is recorded with the gender male. Born on 10 March 1652. Institutional cataloguing adds that laurent Vallon died on 24 July 1724.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3219561: Laurent Vallon
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- “Laurent Vallon”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Inès Castaldo, Le Quartier Mazarin. Habiter noblement à Aix-en-Provence. XVIIe ‑ XVIIIe siècles, colloque « Le Temps de l'Histoire », Aix-en-Provence: Publications de l'Université de Provence, 2011, p. 193
- 2.Base Mérimée PA00081017 Hôtel d'Albertas
- 3.Base Mérimée PA13000033 Immeubles formant la place d'Albertas
- 4.Base Mérimée PA00135617 Hôtel d'Olivary dit aussi hôtel Paradis ou hôtel de Silvacane ou Revest-de-Montvert ou Pignet-Guelton
- 5.Culture 13: Hôtel de Grimaldi-Régusse
- 6.Base Mérimée PA00081513 Couvent des Bénédictines et couvent des Ursulines (anciens), actuellement collège Mignet
- 7.Base Mérimée PA00080994 Couvent des Jésuites (ancien)
- 8.Jean-Jacques Gloton, Bibliothèque des écoles francaises d'Athènes et de Rome, E. de Boccard, 1979, Volume 237, Issue 2, p. 336 https://books.google.com/books?id=TervAAAAMAAJ&q=%22laurent+vallon%22+architecte
- 9.Base Mérimée PA00080982 Ancien couvent des Carmélites, actuel couvent des Oblats
- 10.Base Mérimée PA00080997 Eglise de la Madeleine, ou ancienne église des Prêcheurs
- 11.Liliane Counord, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Gérard Bernar, Dominique Auzias, Provence, Le Petit Futé, 2010, p. 166 https://books.google.com/books?id=abEA7-2u_OcC&dq=%22laurent+vallon%22+architecte&pg=PA166
- 12.Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Provence, Le Petit Futé, 2013, p. 172 https://books.google.com/books?id=-Nq-S2WCgs8C&dq=%22laurent+vallon%22+architecte&pg=PA172
- 13.Aix-en-Provence Tourism: Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Faubourg
- 14.Culture 13
- 15.Albert Aynaud, Aix-en-Provence, ses fontaines et leurs secrets, 10, bd Roi-René, 1969, p. 77 https://books.google.com/books?id=NsQjAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Georges+Vallon%22
- 16.Base Mérimée PA00081322 Ancien château des Covet de Marignane, actuel hôtel de ville
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