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Clermont-Ferrand
Puy-de-Dôme
Auvergne

Place de la Victoire

Pape Urbain II

Pope Urban II

born Otho de Lagery
Lagery, Champagne, c. 1035 - Rome 1099
Pope from 1088-1099
(Wikipedia)

Henri Gourgouillon
Thiébaut (Paris)
1898

Description

Bronze statue on a large pedestal with fountain.

Inscription(s)

URBAIN II
pape de 1088 a 1099
precha la premiere
croisade lors
du concile de
clermont en 1095

Signed: h. govrgovillon
thibaut freres Fondeurs

Artist

Henri Gourgouillon (Olliergues 1858 - Clermont-Ferrand 1902), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Location (N 45°46'40" - E 3°5'8") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frau018; Photograph: 8 September 2011
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