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    Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (French: [øʒɛn vjɔlɛ lə dyk]; 27 January 1814 – 17 September 1879) was a French architect and author, famous for his restoration...
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    major restoration by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc Proposed doorway decoration by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc; plate engraved by Léon...
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    century. The second was put into place by the French architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in 1859, and destroyed in a major fire on 15 April 2019. Work to...
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    purposes rather than for execution. As reconstructed in images by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc it had three sides, and 45 compartments in which people could be...
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  • Georges Viollet-le-Duc and Renée Defau. Her great-grandfather was the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. She married (and later divorced) Eugène Marcombes...
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    the fortress, searching for an entrance postulated by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, but no such entrance was found. However, the excavation did reveal...
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    the Gallo-Roman period and restored by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc between 1853 and 1879. It was added to the UNESCO list of World...
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    castle in the commune of Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, in Picardy, built in the 13th century and renovated by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century. During...
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    by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1866–84) During the Second Empire, under the influence particularly of the architect and historian Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French...
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  • restored at the end of the 19th century by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. In 1997, it was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites...
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