Source: National Archives & Historic Records of Kingdom of France
Architecture • Historical Archive • 🇫🇷 France • 3 views

Pierre Lescot 🇫🇷

Pierre Lescot (Known as "Pierre Lescot")
Renaissance Master Architect, Designer of the Lescot Wing of the Louvre and Fontaine des Innocents
Born c. 1515 🇫🇷 Paris, France
Passed Away Sep 10, 1578 Paris, Kingdom of France
Lifespan 63 years old
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"To build with classical grace is to marry the severe wisdom of ancient Rome with the living light of Paris."

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Pioneering French Renaissance architect who introduced pure classical Roman proportions to Paris, designing the iconic Lescot Wing of the Louvre Palace and the Fontaine des Innocents in collaboration with Jean Goujon.

Biographical Record

Born into a prominent Parisian legal family, Lescot was self-taught in painting, geometry, and classical architecture. In 1546, King Francis I selected Lescot to demolish the medieval Louvre fortress and erect a modern Renaissance royal palace.

Lescot created the celebrated Cour Carrée wing, blending classical Vitruvian Corinthian and composite orders with French steep slate roofs and dormers, adorned with sublime relief sculptures by Jean Goujon. He also designed the Fontaine des Innocents (1549) in the Halles, defining French architectural classicism.

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Final Resting Place

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Notre-Dame de Paris (Burial as Canon of the Cathedral)
Paris, France
GPS: 48.8530, 2.3499
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