Jacques Tarade

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Jacques Tarade (Strasbourg History Museum)

Jacques Tarade or Jacques de Tarade (* 1640 in Paris ; † January 22, 1722 in Strasbourg ) was a French military engineer who worked for Vauban , among others for the fortresses of Belfort , Hüningen , Strasbourg, Breisach , Freiburg im Breisgau and Landau in the Palatinate .

Louis XIV ennobled Tarade in January 1683 for his bravery in the defense of Charleroi and for his building work, which he also carried out in the civilian sector at the Louvre and Versailles . His knowledge of church building was useful to him. In 1713 he published a book with drawings of St. Peter's Basilica . From 1690 to 1720 he was responsible for the fortifications in Alsace .

A coat of arms epitaph for his daughter Maria Elisabeth († 1688) is in the Landau collegiate church .

Web links

  • Biography of Jacques de Tarade , in: Gilbert-Philippe-Émile de Tarade, Notice généalogique et biographique sur la famille de Tarade et sur ses alliances , E. Mazereau, Tours, 1870, 101-104

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Siege of Landau 1702/1703 ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuk-wehrmacht.de
  2. ↑ Desseins de toutes les parties de l'ēglise de Saint Pierre de Rome: La premiere et la plus grande de toutes les ēglises du monde chrestien / Levé exactement sur les lieux par Jacques Tarade, architecte et ingenieur ordinaire du roy, en l'année 1659
  3. ↑ Epitaph grave sculpture, half-relief in sandstone, 235 × 148 cm
personal data
SURNAME Tarade, Jacques
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tarade, Jacques de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French engineer
DATE OF BIRTH 1640
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1722
Place of death Strasbourg