8th arrondissement of Paris, France
Barrière de Chartres
8th arrondissement of Paris, France
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The Barrière de Chartres is a tollgate in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, designed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux. As part of the late-18th-century ring of tollgates encircling the capital, it exemplifies Ledoux's distinctive neoclassical approach to utilitarian architecture, elevating a functional structure of tax collection into a monument of architectural ambition.
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- Type
- tollgate
- Place
- 8th arrondissement of Paris, France
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