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Trébeurden
Côtes-d'Armor
Bretagne

Trozoul, rue de Pors-Termen

Aristide Briand

Nantes 1862 - Paris 1932
French statesman, Prime Minister of France (11 terms between 1909 and 1929)
(Wikipedia)

Émile Armel-Beaufils
1933

Description

Prink granite stele, called "Pierre du Souvenir", with a relief portrait of Briand. In front of the stele is a bronze statue of a boy, called "Gamin de Trébeurden".

Inscription(s)

On the sides of the stele:

ARISTIDE BRIAND

1862 - 1932

Below the portrait:

IL VOULUT POUR NOUS

LA PAIX

Signed: (the bronze statue): H. ROUARD. Fondeur. PARIS

Annotation

Briand stayed from 1919 to 1928 regularly in Trébeurden. The monument is unveiled 3 September 1933.

Sculptor

Émile Armel-Beaufils (Rennes 1882 - Saint-Briac 1952), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Topic Topos, Patrimoine des communes de France.
Glad: Le portail des patrimoines de Bretagne, Patrimoine architectural et mobilier en Bretagne.

Locatie (N 48°46'26" - W 3°34'58") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbr026; Photograph: 27 May 2012
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