Lacoste, Vaucluse still. The oldest building in the town, the Maison Forte, dates back to the 9th century while the nearby Pont Julien remains one of the oldest standing examples of a working 1st century B.C. Roman bridge. Finnbar Mac Eoin, author of "Two Suitcases And A Dog" lives in Lacoste. He was the last person to drive across The Pont Julien before it closed to traffic in 2005. A plaque states, "We do not know who was the first person to cross, but an Irishman was the last". Lacoste is best known for its most notorious resident, Donatien Alphonse Francois comte
Alphonse Lavallée its first president ("directeur"). The first location of the school was the "Hôtel de Juigné" building in the Marais district, which has now become the Musée Picasso. His son, Pierre Alphonse Martin Lavallée (1836–1884), created an arboretum in the park of the "Château de Segrez" in Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières (Essonne), which was one of the biggest in Europe at the time. He died in Paris on May 15, 1873 at the age of 75 and is buried in the "Père Lachaise" Cemetery. Alphonse Lavallée Alphonse Lavallée (1791–1873) is the founder of the École Centrale Paris, a French "Grande École". He was born