About Auguste Guenepin
Lived 1780 – 1842 (aged 61). Auguste Guenepin was a French architect.
Auguste Jean Marie Guenepin (17 June 1780 – 5 March 1842) was a French architect.
Guenepin was born and died in Paris. He was the son of Étienne François Edmé Guenepin (1752-24 December 1827) and Marie Madeleine Delfau (1753–1808) and Aimée Desenne's husband.
In 1805, he won the Grand Prix de Rome for architecture. In 1833, he was appointed at the Institut de France (Académie des Beaux-Arts).
Main works Slaughterhouse of Montmartre Chapel of L'Île-Saint-Denis Church of Noisy-le-Sec Restoration of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris Restoration of the Sainte-Anne chapel of Notre-Dame de Paris
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Who was Auguste Guenepin?
French architect
When was Auguste Guenepin born?
Auguste Guenepin was born on 17 June 1780 in Paris.
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Auguste Guenepin died on 5 March 1842 in Paris.
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Auguste Guenepin was an architect.
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Auguste Guenepin was French.
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