Ernest Hébrard
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Ernest Hébrard was a French architect, archaeologist and urban planner, best known for his urban plan for the center of Thessaloniki, Greece, after the great fire of 1917.
Reconstruction of the Palace of the Roman Emperor Diocletian in its original appearance upon completion in 305 AD, by Ernest Hébrard
Martyr's Church, Cửa Bắc Church, c.1929-31
Indochina Ministry of Finance, now Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1924–28
French School of the Far East, now National Museum of Vietnamese History, 1928–32
The Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917 destroyed two thirds of the city of Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece, leaving more than 70,000 homeless. The fire burned for 32 hours and destroyed 9
Ernest Hébrard
…Archaeological Service of the Army of the Orient based in Thessaloniki, and so was present when the majority of the city was largely destroyed in the Great Fire of 1917. The Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos forbade the reconstruction of the city center until a modern city plan was approved. He commissioned…
Aftermath of the fire
The fire as seen from the Thermaic Gulf.
Thessaloniki (Selânik) in the late 1800s, when it was part of the Ottoman Empire.
Aristotelous Plateia