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Monument á Lafayette

Lafayette Monument

Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette
(Chavaniac 1757 - Paris 1834)
French aristocrat and military officer; general in the American Revolutionary War and a leader of the Garde Nationale during the French Revolution
(Wikipedia)

Marcel Collet
1930s?

Description

Stone monument with a relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

LE 19 AOÛT 1792
au mépris de tout droit
LA FAYETTE
défenseur de la liberté
fut arrêté á rochefort
par les autrichiens

Signature

Marcel COLLET

Artist

Marcel Collet (Nivelles 1894 - Brussel 1944), Belgian sculptor and architect

Location (N 50°9'12" - E 5°13'14") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: bena053; Photograph: 5 May 2015
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