Biography
Born with Nimes in 1804, deceased in Nimes in 1886.Charles Leon Dombre , called Leon Dombre is engineer and notable nîmois 19th century.
It was city council man of Nimes and will concoura with the election of mayor of the city.
Polytechnicien, Engineer of the Bridges and Chaussées, he was an important hydraulic engineer.
He thus directed the useful exploration of the Pont of Gard and the whole of the Roman aqueduct starting from 1846, which preceded its important restoration under Napoleon III.
Its studies also made it possible to establish that the alleged batter of the sea the Acute-Dead Mediterranean with since the king Saint Louis is not founded.
Also, Mr. Dombre largely developed the study of the Hydrographie of the Gard.
Lastly, Mr. Dombre was the President of the Chamber of commerce and Industry of Nimes and Uzès.
He is the son of David Dombre, the brother of the engineer Charles Célestin Dombre and the father of the engineer Tony Dombre.
Dombre belonged so that one called the " HSP" - Protestant High society whose Nimes is the stronghold.
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