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La France rompant ses chaînes

France Breaking its Chains

François Émile Popineau & Marcel Courbier
1951/1993

Description

Stone monument. Two large 'wings' standing upright with a statue of a woman (France) with broken chains in front of it, on the back side a relief of a resistance fighter with a gun.

Inscription(s)

a la
RESISTANCE

1940
nee dans la
clandestinite
a l'appel dv
general de gavlle
la resistance
sovleve
la france

1944
liberation
dv territoire
par les forces de
resistance
jointes a
l'armee française
et a nos allies

Signed: e.f. popineau / 1950
fernand rolin / architecte paysagiste / f. emile popineau

Jean Moulin

In 1993 a commemorative plaque with a bronze portrait medaillon of Jean Moulin was added. The text is:

27 mai 1943 - 27 mai 1993
50^eme Anniversaire
de la Premiere reunion clandestine du
Conseil National de la Résistance
sous la presidence de Jean Moulin
délégué du Général de Gaulle

The portrait is inscribed: 1899-1943 jean moulin and signed: m. courbier

Sculptors

Marcel Courbier (1899-1976), French sculptor.
François Émile Popineau (Saint-Amand-Montrond 1887-Paris 1951), French sculptor.

Sources & Information

L'Encyclopedie de Bourges, Les sculptures de Bourges.

Locatie (N 47°4'47" - E 2°23'58") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frce051; Photograph: 9 September 2011
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