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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Paris, Île-de-France, Franceen_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1765-1890 (inclusive)en_US
dc.creatorGabriel, Ange-Jacquesen_US
dc.creatorFormigé, Jean Camilleen_US
dc.date1765-1890en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-11T18:51:37Z
dc.date.available2013-01-11T18:51:37Z
dc.date.issued1765-1890en_US
dc.identifier182996en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2043en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/89971
dc.descriptionAerial view, looking southeast from the Eiffel Tower; The Champ de Mars is a large public greenspace in Paris, located in the seventh arrondissement, between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast. The park is named after the Campus Martius ("Mars Field") in Rome, a tribute to the Roman god of war. The name also alludes to the fact that the lawns here were formerly used as drilling and marching grounds by the French military. The choice to build an esplanade to the north of the École Militaire led to the erection of the noble facade which today encloses the Champ de Mars. The planners leveled the ground, surrounded it with a large ditch and a long avenue of elms, and, as a final touch, the esplanade was enclosed by a fine grille-work fence. Many of the events of the Revolution took place here. The Champ de Mars was the site of Expositions Universelles in 1867, 1878 and 1889, the only remaining structure from the fairs being the Eiffel Tower. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/13/2010)en_US
dc.format.mediumpaving; fountains; plantingsen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectbotanicalen_US
dc.subjectcityscapeen_US
dc.subjectlandscapeen_US
dc.subjectCity planningen_US
dc.subjectExposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France)en_US
dc.subjectworld's fairsen_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.titleChamp de Marsen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode2A1-FJ-CM-A3en_US
vra.culturalContextFrenchen_US
vra.techniquegardening construction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypegardenen_US
vra.worktypecommonen_US
vra.worktypefountainen_US
dc.contributor.displayAnge-Jacques Gabriel (French architect, 1698-1782); Jean Camille Formigé (French architect, 1845-1926)en_US


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