Charles-Axel Guillaumot
Charles-Axel Guillaumot was a French architect.Life
Born in Stockholm to French parents, he entered the Académie royale d'architecture in 1770. He was made the first Inspecteur Général des Carrières de Paris when it was created by a decree of Louis XVI on 4 April 1777 and held the post until 1791 and then from 1796 until his death. In this role he mapped the mines of Paris to enable better maintenance of public roads and royal buildings, to reduce the risk of cave-ins and to re-use them as ossuaries. He was also Administrateur de la manufacture des Gobelins. He was buried in the cimetière Sainte-Marguerite, whose remains were later transferred into the ossuaries he had helped create.Main projects
