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Place Gambetta

André Dessaux

Restance hero and mayor of Orléans

artist unknown
date?

Description

Stele with a bronze portrait medallion.

Inscription(s)

A
ANDRÉ DESSAUX
chef departemental
du mouvement
libération-nord
premier maire
d'orléans libérée
mort le 2 juin
1945 des suites
de sa déportation
a buchenwald
et a des deux fils
YVÉS et GEORGES
DESSAUX
tues dans les
combats de la
résistance

Signed: Makel Gili ??

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Locatie (N 47°54'27" - E 1°54'4") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frce063; Photograph: 10 September 2011
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