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Pierre "Peter" Charles L'Enfant (French: [pjɛʁ ʃɑʁl lɑ̃fɑ̃]; August 2, 1754 – June 14, 1825) was a French-American artist, professor, and military engineer who in 1791 designed the baroque styled plan for Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States.
Jun 10, 2024 · Pierre Charles L’Enfant (born August 2, 1754, Paris, France—died June 14, 1825, Prince George’s county, Maryland, U.S.) was a French-born American engineer, architect, and urban designer who designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States.
Pierre ‘Peter’ Charles L’Enfant was a French-born civil engineer and architect who was responsible for designing Washington DC, in the United States. His design features a European-style, tree-filled city, which includes grid systems, wide diagonal avenues, public squares, monuments, and canals.
Apr 30, 2008 · Today's Washington, D.C. owes much of its unique design to Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who came to America from France to fight in the Revolutionary War and rose from obscurity to become a...
Noted as one of the most influential architects and city planners in American history, Pierre “Peter” Charles L’Enfant is most famous for designing the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C.
May 21, 2018 · Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754-1825), French-born American architect, designed the plan on which Washington, D.C., was built. The philosophical ideals of 18th-century France gave the American Revolution its ideological character.
Pierre-Charles L’Enfant (August 2, 1754–June 14, 1825) was a French architect, civil engineer, and urban designer best known for his plan of 1791 of the nation's capital city of Washington.
