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Bourg-en-Bresse
Ain
Rhône-Alpes

Place Pierre Goujon

Monument de la Victoire

Victory Monument

Alphonse Muscat
1925

Bourg-en-Bresse / Monument de la Victoire

Description

Allegorical statue of France as a woman with ears of corn and grapes, with above her the winged victory protecting her. It is placed in front of three arches, at the sides are walls with the names of the fallen in both world wars

The monument was later renamed 'Monument de la Victoire', also de dates 11 9^bre 1918 and 8 MAI 1945 were added.

Inscription(s)

ce monument de la victoire
est l'œuvre de
M^r Auguste ROYER
Architecte
et de
M^r Alphonse MUSCAT
Statuaire

ce monument de la victoire
a ete remis a
M^r J. Jules BELLEY
Maire de la Ville
par
M^r Joseph DUPRE
President du Comite
le 5 Juillet 1925

Signature

A. Muscat

Memorial - list of names

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Sculptor

Alphonse Muscat (Genève or Lagnieu, Ain 1872 - 1944), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Université de Lille, Les monuments aux morts, France-Belgique.

Locatie (N 46°12'11" - E 5°13'14") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra289; Photograph: 17 August 2018
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