Ignace François Broutin
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Ignace François Broutin was a French Chevalier of the Order of St. Louis military officer, commander of Fort Rosalie among the Natchez people, and later an architect and Captain of Engineers of the Ki
Old Ursuline Convent, New Orleans, 1733
The Wolf River's watershed (everything above the red dotted line), as surveyed in 1740 by Ignace Francois Broutin, chief engineer of French Louisiana. The French had named the Wolf "Riviere a Margot"
A postcard of the ruins of Fort Rosalie, 1907
Jackson Square (New Orleans)
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Jackson Square, formerly the Place d'Armes or Plaza de Armas, is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central
Jackson Square in 2023, with Andrew Jackson's statue at center, and Saint Louis Cathedral center-back.
Place des Armes, 1815
Chartres Street side of the square, 1842, before the cathedral's remodeling and before the Pontalba Buildings.
Jackson Square, 1885