Jump to content

Pierre Vigier: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
mNo edit summary
Line 8: Line 8:
[[Category:1760 births]]
[[Category:1760 births]]
[[Category:19th-century French people]]
[[Category:19th-century French people]]
[[Category:Public baths]]
[[Category:French magistrates]]
[[Category:1817 deaths]]

Revision as of 01:57, 24 August 2015

The Vigier Baths, across the Seine, seen from Quai Voltaire; engraving by Jean-Henry Marlet after Adrien Auger.

Pierre Vigier (1760, Cassaniouze (Cantal), 19 September 1817,  Savigny-sur-Orge) was a French magistrate.

Life

Vigier is perhaps best known for managing several public baths on the banks of the Seine (the "Bains Vigier"). The first one opened in 1760. [1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ Engraving of the Baths during the Directoire.
  2. ^ "Facts about Vigier's baths" (in French). Personal page. Retrieved 24 August 2015.