Lucien Chevallaz
Lucien Chevallaz ( Bulgarian Люсиен Шевалас ; born August 26, 1840 in Aubonne , Waad , † October 22, 1921 in Plovdiv ) was a Swiss gardener who worked in Bulgaria . Because of his work in Bulgaria he was called "Minister of Flowers" (Bulgar. Министърът на цветята).
He came to Plovdiv in 1879 at the invitation of Prince Aleksandar Bogoridi , Governor General of Eastern Rumelia . Here Chevallaz laid out numerous parks, designed the city hills Bunardschik and Sachat-tepe and became head of the public parks and the tree nursery ("Pépinière Chevallaz"). He created the parks for the First Bulgarian Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition in 1892, the Central Garden (later Tsar Simeon's Garden) and the City Garden (Dondukow Garden) ⊙ .
In 1901 he became an honorary citizen of Plovdiv.
literature
- J. Lochot: Rapport sur les cultures de M. Chevallaz, jardinier-chef du gouvernement bulgare a Philippopoli (Bulgarie). In: Jardins de France (1904) pp. 627-633.
- Alexandre Kostov: Le Genevois Jacques Pasteur raconte la vie des Suisses en Bulgarie. Contribution to the history of the colonie suisse en Bulgarie au XIXe siècle. In: Bulletin de la Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Genève 26-27 (1996-97) p. 20.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief biography of Chevallaz ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2012 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. (bulg.), Balgarska nauka magazine , accessed October 29, 2012.
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| SURNAME | Chevallaz, Lucien |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Шевалас, Люсиен (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss gardener, active in Bulgaria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aubonne , Waad |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1921 |
| Place of death | Plovdiv |