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Paimpol
Côtes-d'Armor
Bretagne

Place de Verdun

Théodore Botrel

Dinan 1868 - Pont-Aven 1925
French singer-songwriter, poet and playwright
(Wikipedia)

Pierre Lenoir
1928

Description

Granite stele with a bronze portrait medallion of Botrel and reliefs on both sides. On the front the relief shows two women in Breton dress (La Paimpolaise gazing out to sea from the imaginary cliff), that on the back three men.

Inscription(s)

THEODORE BOTREL 1868 1928	PARIS PAIMPOL CANADA BELGIQUE
J'aime le parfum de la Paimpolaise Son église et son grand pardon J'aime surtout la Paimpolaise Qui m'attend au pays breton

The quotation is hardly readable. It is from his song La Paimpolaise (The Paimpol Girl) of 1895.

Signed: Pierre Lenoir

Annotation

Inaugurated 15 July 1928.

Sculptor

Pierre Lenoir (1879-1953), French sculptor and medallist.

Sources & Information

e-Monumen.net, le patrimoine monumental français en France et à l'étranger.
Topic Topos, Patrimoine des communes de France.

Locatie (N 48°46'43" - W 3°2'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbr010; Photograph: 27 May 2012
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