Simon Maupin (before 1625 in Longueau - 10 October 1668 in

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) was a French

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Biography

In 1625, he engraved his ''Plan de Lyon''.''Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours'', Hoefer (Jean Chrétien Ferdinand), Firmin Didot frères (Paris), p 394 He became famous when he drew up the plans of the

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of Lyon, built between 1646 and 1651. It was presumed that he only executed a project made by Girard Desargues, but it seems he took his orders from the consular advice. In 1654, he drew up the plans of work to be done to restore the old dam built along the left bank of the

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, near the

Parc de la Tête d'Or The Parc de la Tête d'or (English: "Park of the Golden Head") is a large urban park in Lyon, France, with an area of approximately . Located in the northern part of the 6th arrondissement, it features the Jardin botanique de Lyon, as well as a l ...

. In 1659, he was appointed intendant of dikes and works done on the Rhone. In 1659, his plan of Lyon entitled ''Description au naturel de la ville de Lyon et païsages alentour d'icelle'' was published. In 1661, for unknown reasons, he resigned from his post as road inspector and died seven years later, in Lyon.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maupin, Simon 1668 deaths 17th-century French architects People from Somme (department) Year of birth uncertain Architects from Lyon