HAUSSMANN’S PARIS RENOVATION IN UNDER 3 MINUTES

It was a time of industrial upheaval and cultural progress. Paris became the new destination for immigrants and nationals alike. Ancient districts began to feel the weight of overcrowding and with it the spread of disease. Paris, which hadn’t changed since the Middle Ages, was in desperate need of a complete renovation. The the tiny winding streets of Medieval Paris were interfering with the city’s ability to transform and grow into a modern commercial and urban center. Napoleon III and Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann set out to integrate a blueprint of order and structure on top of a cramped urban design to put an end to it’s outdated, chaotic archaic framework. New roads, avenues, and boulevards as well as parks, monuments, and churches were built on such a scale that it that it changed the architectural facade of the city we know today.