Research: Abstract of the Napoleonic Era


Government Finances.
France:  Money Spent on Public Works in Paris: 1804 - 1813

Note: All monies are in Francs.

Name of Project
Estimated Expense
Sums Spent 1804 - 1813
Canal of L'Ouicq
38,000,000
19,500,000
Abattoirs (Slaughter-houses)
13,500,000
6,700,000
Market and Cellars for Wine
12,000,000
4,000,000
Market and Cellars for Corn
800,000
750,000
The Great Market (Grande Halle)
12,000,000
2,600,000
Market-Places
8,500,000
4,000,000
Granaries "of Reserve"
8,000,000
2,300,000
Mills and Magazines of Saint Maur
8,000,000
1,000,000
The Bridge of Austerlitz
3,000,000
3,000,000
The Bridge of Arts
900,000
900,000
The Bridge of Jena
6,200,000
4,800,000
Quays on the Seine
15,000,000
11,000,000
Schools (Lycées)
5,000,000
500,000
Church of Saint Geneviève
2,500,000
2,200,000
Church of Saint Denis
2,500,000
2,200,000
Outlay on Archbishop's Palace, etc.
2,500,000
2,500,000
Office of Foreign Affairs
6,000,000
1,800,000
Post Office (afterwards Treasury)
6,000,000
1,800,000
Record and Archive Office
20,000,000
1,000,000
Temple of Glory (Church of Magdalen)
8,000,000
2,000,000

Palace for the Corps Législatif

3,000,000
3,000,000
The Column in the Place Vendôme
1,500,000
1,500,000
The Obelisk of Pont Neuf
5,300,000
1,200,000
Triumphal Arch de l'Étoile
9,000,000
4,500,000
Statues on the Bridges and Squares
1,500,000
600,000
Square of the Bastille
1,200,000
600,000
Opening of new Streets and Squares
4,000,000
4,000,000
Botanical Garden (Jardin des Plates)
3,000,000
800,000
Exchange (Bourse)
6,000,000
2,500,000
Total
212,900,000
92,250,000
Other Works
10,171,000
Total
102,421,000

 

Source:

Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. 4 New York : Charles Scribner's Sons; 1895. P. 443



 

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