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Georges Eugène Haussmann ()
He was appointed in charge of the redevelopment of Paris, one of the great projects of the Emperor.
George eugene haussmann biography
The latter said of Haussmann that he was capable of « mobilizing a whole population » and that he embodied the « certificate of expertise » of the new regime.
The project was to open up ways of communication and build infrastructures by which not only commerce would be facilitated, but the inhabitants’ every day life would be improved with better hygiene and better living conditions.
Haussmann could count on the support of Persigny, the Interior Minister, and to the devoted and efficient team that surrounded him : Dumas the scientist as well as the architects Hittorff, Baltard, Ballu, Garnier .
The two rival bankers, Pereire and Rothschild were there to back him, as well as several Protestant banks.
Finance for the project was organised through a system of loans guaranteed by the city’s reven