Jacques Tarade Explained

Jacques Tarade (1646–1720) was a French engineer and colleague of Vauban, Marshal of France. He built the Barrage Vauban in Strasbourg, and the Rue Tarade in that town is named after him. He also designed the church in Huningue[1] and the later phases of the defensive works for the city of Landau.[2]

Family

Tarade was the nephew of stonemason Michel Villedo (1598–1667).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jacques de Tarade . 7 October 2015 . Structurae.
  2. Web site: Skala, Harald . Die Belagerung von Landau 1702 und 1703 . 2005 . 7 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151007121325/http://www.kuk-wehrmacht.de/gefechte/17021703landau.html . 2015-10-07 . dead .

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