Leonard Pitt
Walks Through Lost Paris
- ISBN 13:
- 9781593761035
- author:
- Leonard Pitt
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- COUNTERPOINT
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2006
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm
- Genre:
- Travel & Holiday, Countries & Regions, Europe,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Discover the transformation of Paris through four walking tours in this unique historical guide.
Leonard Pitt's "Walks Through Lost Paris" chronicles the city's great periods of urban reconstruction, focusing on the work of Georges-Eugene Haussmann. The book provides a history of each site, along with the motives behind the urban redesign and the reactions of Parisians who witnessed it.
With detailed maps and hundreds of color photos, diagrams, and engravings, this book takes you through a city whose changes were captured by photographers and artists in each stage. Explore the massive transformation that resulted in the Paris of today.
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