Philibert Delorme / موضوع البحث

He was born in Lyon, the son of Jean Delorme, a master mason. At an early age Philibert was sent to Italy to study (1533–1536) . Returning to France he was patronized by Cardinal du Bellay at Lyon, and was sent by him about 1540 to Paris, where he began

the Chateau de St Maur-des-Fossés, and enjoyed royal favour and was employed there by Pope Paul III

Andrea Palladio / موضوع البحث

Andrea Palladio (30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian architect active in the Republic of Venice. Palladio, influenced by

Roman and Greek architecture, primarily by Vitruvius, iswidelyconsidered the most influential individual

in the history of Western architecture. All of his

buildings are located in what was the Venetian

Republic, but his teachings, summarized in the

architectural treatis

Haussmann / موضوع البحث

the Haussmann Plan, was a modernization program of Paris commissioned by Napoléon III and led by the Seine prefect,

Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870. Though work continued until the end of the 19th century, well

after the Second Empire's demise in 1870, it is often referred to as the "Second Empire reforms".

Versailles / موضوع البحث

"Versailles" redirects here. For the city, see Versailles (city). For the Japanese metal band, .)disambiguation(Versailles Versailles (band). For other uses, see see

Versailles, ), or simply]vɛʁsɑj[ French: ;/vərˈsaɪ/ or SY-vair /vɛərˈsaɪ/ ( Palace of Versailles The

is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles.

When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a suburb of Paris, some 20 kilometres southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the

centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of

the French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.