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Éguisheim
Haut-Rhin
Alsace

Place du Château Saint-Léon

Pape Léon IX

Pope Leo IX

born Bruno of Eguisheim-Dagsburg (Éguisheim 1002 - Rome 1054)
Pope from 1049-1054
(Wikipedia)

Jacques Lavalette
1852

Description

Stone statue of Pope Leo IX on a pedestal in the center of an octagonal basin of a fountain.

Annotation

The statue was restaured in 1994.

Sculptor

Jacques Lavalette, sculptor from Éguisheim.

Sources & Information

Ministere de culture, Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel.

Locatie (N 48°2'33" - E 7°18'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: fral065; Photograph: 15 April 2012
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