Alphonse Durand, 1813 - 1882, une vie au service des monuments. Afrique du Nord The composer Darius Milhaud

The composer Darius Milhaud

who was not put off by any audacity

recognized desire as the great inventor of form

the finesse of the works

The genealogy of the motif is traced

Alphonse Durand, 1813 - 1882, une vie au service des monuments. Afrique du Nord The composer Darius MilhaudA street in Mantes la Jolie, or simply a common eponym: the name Alphonse Durand does not evoke a memory commensurate with his work. Worse still, it is often tainted by the misconception that he dared to destroy the north tower of the Notre Dame collegiate church in Mantes la Jolie. Born in Mantes, this architect, trained at the cole des Beaux Arts, was part of the first list of architects for the diocesan buildings department drawn up by Eugne