Simon Maupin
Simon Maupin (before 1625 in Longueau - 10 October 1668 in Lyon) was a French architect. • Illustration — The Hôtel de Ville de Lyon, designed by Simon Maupin.
Simon Maupin
Simon Maupin · Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain
- Died
- 1668 · Lyon.
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- France
- Occupation
- architect
- Languages
- French
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In 1625, he engraved his Plan de Lyon. He became famous when he drew up the plans of the Hôtel de Ville de Lyon, built between 1646 and 1651. It was presumed that he only executed a project made by Girard Desargues, but it seems he took his orders from the consular advice. In 1654, he drew up the plans of work to be done to restore the old dam built along the left bank of the Rhône, near the Parc de la Tête d'Or. In 1659, he was appointed intendant of dikes and works done on the Rhone. In 1659, his plan of Lyon entitled Description au naturel de la ville de Lyon et païsages alentour d'icelle was published. In 1661, for unknown reasons, he resigned from his post as road inspector and died seven years later, in Lyon.
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Simon Maupin, died in 1668, is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The death is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Illustration de l'ouvrage « Les anciens couvents de Lyon » (1895) par Adolphe Vachet
Simon Maupin
Grande vue de Lyon, de Simon Maupin, 1625: détail sur les moulins flottants du Rhône.
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