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Bayeux
Calvados
Basse-Normandie

Place Charles de Gaulle / Rue Général-de-Dais

Alain Chartier

Bayeux 1385/90 - Avignon c. 1430
French poet and political writer
(Wikipedia)

Émile Morlaix
1950s?

Description

Stone statue of Chartier holding a pen in his right hand.

Inscription(s)

A
ALAIN CHARTIER

hommage
au poete patriote

Signature

e. morlaix

Annotation

Originally, there was a bronze statue of Chartier, dating from 1898. This statue was melted during the German occupation.

Sculptor

Émile Morlaix (Lille 1909 - Paris 1990), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

E-monumen.net.

Locatie (N 49°16'36" - W 0°42'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn048; Photograph: 1 August 2015
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