Louis-Philippe was overthrown by a popular uprising in the streets of Paris in 1848. His successor, Napoleon III, and the newly appointed prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, launched a gigantic public works project to build wide new boulevards, a new opera house, a central market, new aqueducts, sewers, and parks, including the Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes. In 1860, Napoleon III also annexed the surrounding towns and created eight new arrondissements, expanding Paris to its current limits. COUNT 3
QSN1 In what year was Louis-Phillipe over thrown? ANS1 1848 QSN2 In what year did Napoleon III create new arrondissements? ANS2 1860 QSN3 Who was Napoleon III's prefect of the Siene? ANS3 Georges-Eugène Haussmann