Soufflot
[soo-flaw]
- Jacques Ger·main [zhahk zher-man] /ʒɑk ʒɛrˈmɛ̃/, 1713–80, French architect.
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Soufflot, whose grandiose plans had been accepted, set to work in 1755.
Nooks and Corners of Old ParisGeorges Cain
Soufflot was the architect, and his design is one of the happiest of its class.
The Churches of ParisS. Sophia Beale
Soufflot was making feeble efforts to complete Perraults north front when the Revolution came to arrest his work.
Paris and its StoryThomas Okey
Soufflot was making feeble efforts to complete Perrault's north front when the Revolution came to arrest his work.
The Story of ParisThomas Okey
In 1771, the statues above the great west doors disappeared when Soufflot began his evil work of widening them.
The Churches of ParisS. Sophia Beale