École royale du génie de Mézières

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Ancien Régime institution French military academy military engineering school

The École royale du génie de Mézières was an elite French military engineering school of the Ancien Régime, renowned for training officers in fortifications, artillery, and technical sciences.

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École Royale du Génie de Mézières 2
École du Génie de Mézières 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancien Régime institution ⓘ
French military academy ⓘ
military engineering school ⓘ
admission selective ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
educationalModel scientific and technical education for officers ⓘ
educationLevel officer training ⓘ
function training officers in artillery ⓘ
training officers in fortification construction ⓘ
training officers in technical and scientific methods ⓘ
training officers of the corps of engineers ⓘ
hasDiscipline ballistics ⓘ
construction engineering ⓘ
hydraulics ⓘ
military architecture ⓘ
surveying ⓘ
topography ⓘ
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime ⓘ
historicalSignificance influenced development of military engineering in France ⓘ
precursor of modern French engineering schools ⓘ
languageOfInstruction French ⓘ
locatedIn Ardennes (Belgium) ⓘ
surface form: Ardennes

France ⓘ
Mézières ⓘ
notableFor contributions to military engineering theory ⓘ
elite training of engineer officers ⓘ
rigorous scientific curriculum ⓘ
training specialists in fortification design ⓘ
operatedBy French Army ⓘ
operatedUnder Ancien Régime monarchy ⓘ
partOf French Army engineering corps ⓘ
regionServed Kingdom of France ⓘ
sector engineering education ⓘ
military education ⓘ
specializedIn applied mathematics ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
mechanics ⓘ
military engineering ⓘ
technical sciences ⓘ
status elite school ⓘ
targetStudents future artillery officers ⓘ
future officers of the corps of engineers ⓘ
typeOfInstitution royal school ⓘ
specialized officer school ⓘ

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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle → educatedAt → École royale du génie de Mézières ⓘ
Lazare Carnot → educatedAt → École royale du génie de Mézières ⓘ
this entity surface form: École du Génie de Mézières
Tadeusz Kościuszko → educatedAt → École royale du génie de Mézières ⓘ
this entity surface form: École Royale du Génie de Mézières
Gaspard Monge → employer → École royale du génie de Mézières ⓘ
this entity surface form: École Royale du Génie de Mézières