Caristie Augustin (1783- 1862 ) French architect
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[FRANCE] Auguste Nicolas Caristie also called Caristie Augustin (1783- 1862 ) French architect. Also some public projects, he remained as a precursor to the restoration of historical monuments. Born into a family of Italian origin architects, he is the son of Jacques-Nicolas Caristie, architect Avallon and grand-son of Michelangelo Caristie. He studied with his father and in Parisian workshops' s Vaudoyer Antoine and Charles Percier Winner of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1813 (for a project of "city hall for a capital"), he stayed in Italy for a period of 7 years. He studied including the restoration of the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli . Back in France, he is charged by the government of the Restoration to restore the Arc of Orange in 1823. It will subsequently the early restoration of the ancient theater of Orange. Always demand the same government, he directed the mausoleum of victims of landing Quiberon 1795. He was appointed inspector general of civil buildings in 1829 and later member and Vice-President of the Commission of Historical Monuments. He was elected in 1840 to the Academy of Fine Arts chair No. 4. He is the brother of Philip Caristie called Jean-Marie Caristie chief engineer of bridges and causeways who participated in the expedition to Egypt with Napoleon Bonaparte. ALS, 1829, lengthy 1p., 7-3/4 x 10".
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