Charles Ribart
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| '''Charles-François Ribart''' was an 18th century [[French architect]], best-known for his design for a | '''Charles-François Ribart''' was an 18th century [[French architect]], best-known for his design for a | ||
| - | ''[[éléphant triomphal]]'' [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribart_Elephant_triomphal.jpg]. | + | ''[[éléphant triomphal]]'' [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribart_Elephant_triomphal.jpg]. Apart from ''éléphant triomphal'', little of his work now survives. |
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| - | ==Architectural career== | + | |
| - | In 1758, he planned an addition to the [[Champs-Élysées]] in [[Paris]], to be constructed where the [[Arc de Triomphe]] now stands. It consisted of three levels, to be built in the shape of an [[elephant]], with entry via a spiral staircase in the underbelly. The building was to have a form of [[air conditioning]], and furniture that folded into the walls. A drainage system was to be incorporated into the elephant's trunk. The French Government, however, was not amused and turned him down. [[Napoleon]] would later conceive a similar construction, the [[Elephant of the Bastille]]. | + | |
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| - | Little of his work now survives. | + | |
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| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | *[[Lucy the Elephant]] | + | |
| - | *[[Elephant of the Bastille]], a Napoleon-era proposal to build an elephant-shaped fountain in [[Place de la Bastille]]. | + | |
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Charles-François Ribart was an 18th century French architect, best-known for his design for a éléphant triomphal [1]. Apart from éléphant triomphal, little of his work now survives.
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