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    Ange-Jacques Gabriel (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʒ ʒak ɡabʁijɛl]; 23 October 1698 – 4 January 1782) was the principal architect of King Louis XV of France...
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    Paris, southeast of the Champ de Mars. The building, constructed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, is an active military academy and was classified as a national monument...
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    Jacques Gabriel (1667–1742) was a French architect, the father of the famous Ange-Jacques Gabriel. Jacques Gabriel was a designer, painter and architect...
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    lane that descended down to a marsh beside the Seine. The architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel made a plan for the site and the square was finished by 1772. It...
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    multi-building development designed by the architect Jacques Gabriel and his son Ange-Jacques Gabriel. It is within the historic part of the city that has...
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    had the northern Ministers' Wing rebuilt in Neoclassical style by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, his court architect, as it was in the process of falling down. That...
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    chief architect of the king was Jacques Gabriel from 1734 until 1742, and then his more famous son, Ange-Jacques Gabriel until the end of the reign. His...
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    architectural projects were the work of his favorite court architect, Ange-Jacques Gabriel. They included the Ecole Militaire (1751–1770); the Place Louis XV...
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    then expanded and redecorated in the middle of the 18th century by Ange-Jacques Gabriel for Madame du Barry. The estate's most famous building is the Pavillon...
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    Ange-Jacques Gabriel, 1761-1770 Façade of the Petit Trianon, Versailles, France, by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, 1764 Staircase of the Petit Trianon, by Ange-Jacques Gabriel...
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