# General view

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BLONDEL, François](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/blondel-franois-rd3ff3b27bc31c6>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

In eighteenth-century Paris the gates of the city were handled with dignity. After the Peace of Aachen \(1670\), a long promenade was planned to run from the Porte Saint-Antoine to the future Porte Saint-Martin built by Pierre Bullet in 1674. François Blondel designed and built the 22-meter high Porte Saint-Denis. It marked the entrance to a particularly busy avenue, and was decorated with reliefs showing the crossing of the Rhine, glorifying the monarch.

## Related artworks

- [General view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/blondel-franois-rd3ff3b27bc31c6/general-view-r63f35e8c62ccf6>)

## Attribution

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