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Manche
Basse-Normandie

Place Napoléon

Napoléon Ier

Napoleon Bonaparte

Ajaccio 1769 - St. Helena 1821
French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815.
(Wikipedia)

Armand Le Véel
1858

Description

Bronze equestrian statue on a large pedestal.

Inscription(s)

viii août
mdccclviii.

j'avais resolu
de renouveler
a cherbourg
les merveilles
de l'égypte

Signature

A^d le Véel | 1857

Cherbourg-Octeville - Napoléon Ier

Sculptor

Armand Le Véel (Bricquebec 1821 - Cherbourg 1905), French sculptor (his bust at the Cherbourg cemetery and relief portrait in Bricquebec). (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres d'art de la Manche.
Wikipedia, Monument à Napoléon (Cherbourg).
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Location (N 49°38'35" - W 1°37'27")

Item Code: frbn110; Photograph: 7 August 2015
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