Jean-Baptiste Lepère
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Jean-Baptiste Lepère was a French architect, father-in-law of the architect Jacques Hittorff. He was the designer of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church, Paris
, largely revised by Hittorf during its protracted execution, and one of the architects who worked on raising the colonne Vendôme.
Lepère was one of the many members of the Commission des Sciences et des Arts taken by Bonaparte on his Egyptian Expedition. While there, Lepère also produced drawings of ancient Egypt
ian temples and other remains.
Other members of this commission were Jacques-Marie Le Père
(1763–1841) and his brother Gratien Le Père
(1769–1826), engineers and surveyors, who were to see whether Napoleon's planned project of linking the Mediterranean Sea
with the Red Sea
across the Nile delta
could be realised and if the difference in sea level between the two was sufficiently small to make such a canal possible.
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church, Paris
The Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is a church in the 10e arrondissement of Paris dedicated to Saint Vincent de Paul. It gives its name to the Quartier Saint-Vincent-de-Paul around it.-History:...
, largely revised by Hittorf during its protracted execution, and one of the architects who worked on raising the colonne Vendôme.
Lepère was one of the many members of the Commission des Sciences et des Arts taken by Bonaparte on his Egyptian Expedition. While there, Lepère also produced drawings of ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
ian temples and other remains.
Other members of this commission were Jacques-Marie Le Père
Jacques-Marie Le Père
Jacques-Marie Le Père was a French civil engineer.-Life:He accompanied the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria, was director of 'Ponts et Chaussées' in Egypt...
(1763–1841) and his brother Gratien Le Père
Gratien Le Père
Gratien Le Père was a French civil engineer.A former classmate of Bonaparte at Brienne, he became an engineer of 'Ponts et Chaussées'...
(1769–1826), engineers and surveyors, who were to see whether Napoleon's planned project of linking the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
with the Red Sea
Red Sea
The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez...
across the Nile delta
Nile Delta
The Nile Delta is the delta formed in Northern Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the world's largest river deltas—from Alexandria in the west to Port Said in the east, it covers some 240 km of Mediterranean coastline—and is a rich...
could be realised and if the difference in sea level between the two was sufficiently small to make such a canal possible.
Sources
- This page is a translation of Jean-Baptiste Lepère on French wikipedia.
- Drawings by Jean-Baptiste Lepère
- Views of Karnak
- Jean-Baptiste Lepère on Structurae