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François Blondel (June 1618 – 21 January 1686) was a soldier, engineer of fortifications, mathematician, diplomat, military and civil engineer and architect, called "the Great Blondel", to distinguish him in a dynasty of French architects.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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15 June 1618exact date
Ribemontattested“Born Nicolas-François Blondel at Ribemont in the Picardy region of France, he was baptized on 15 June 1618.”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
15 June 1618exact date
Picardyattested“Born Nicolas-François Blondel at Ribemont in the Picardy region of France, he was baptized on 15 June 1618.”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
1624year
Ribemontattested“His father was François-Guillaume Blondel, who studied law in Toulouse and bought the position of avocat du roi in Ribemont after receiving his degree in 1624.”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
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Toulouseattested“His father was François-Guillaume Blondel, who studied law in Toulouse and bought the position of avocat du roi in Ribemont after receiving his degree in 1624.”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
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Portugalattested“In 1640 Cardinal Richelieu entrusted Blondel with diplomatic missions in Portugal, Spain and Italy, which gave him an opportunity to study at first hand the fortification systems of those nations.”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
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Château de Chaumont-la-Guichementioned“Around 1648 Blondel received his first architectural commission, the grand stables at the Château de Chaumont-la-Guiche in Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux in southern Burgundy.”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
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Saint-Bonnet-de-Jouxmentioned“Around 1648 Blondel received his first architectural commission, the grand stables at the Château de Chaumont-la-Guiche in Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux in southern Burgundy.”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
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Collège de Francementioned“In 1656, Blondel was named reader in Mathematics and Fortification at the Collège Royal, where his place was filled during his numerous absences by the astronomer Picard.”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
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Collmentioned“In 1656, Blondel was named reader in Mathematics and Fortification at the Collège Royal, where his place was filled during his numerous absences by the astronomer Picard.”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
1657 to 1663period
Kazanmentioned“In the years 1657 to 1663 Mazarin sent him on diplomatic missions in Italy, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Poland, Moscow (where he regretted not having seen the fortifications at Kazan against the Tatars, and found that the maritime de…”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
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Italymentioned“In the years 1657 to 1663 Mazarin sent him on diplomatic missions in Italy, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Poland, Moscow (where he regretted not having seen the fortifications at Kazan against the Tatars, and found that the maritime de…”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
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Constantinoplementioned“In 1659, on a voyage to Constantinople he saw an aqueduct "in a place that one calls Belgrade, which by its grandeur, its height and the magnificence of its structure, cedes nothing to that of the Pont du Gard." That same year he was pos…”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
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Copenhagenmentioned“In 1659, on a voyage to Constantinople he saw an aqueduct "in a place that one calls Belgrade, which by its grandeur, its height and the magnificence of its structure, cedes nothing to that of the Pont du Gard." That same year he was pos…”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
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Francementioned“In 1659, on a voyage to Constantinople he saw an aqueduct "in a place that one calls Belgrade, which by its grandeur, its height and the magnificence of its structure, cedes nothing to that of the Pont du Gard." That same year he was pos…”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
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Normandymentioned“The following year, 1664, Colbert named him Ingénieur du Roy pour la Marine, which occasioned his supervision of harbour fortifications in Normandy (Cherbourg, Le Havre), in Brittany and in the Antillies (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint-Do…”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
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Brittanymentioned“The following year, 1664, Colbert named him Ingénieur du Roy pour la Marine, which occasioned his supervision of harbour fortifications in Normandy (Cherbourg, Le Havre), in Brittany and in the Antillies (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint-Do…”source: Wikipedia: François Blondel
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