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Orléans
Loiret
Centre

Place de l'Étape
(Hôtel Groslot)

Sept hommes célèbres d'Orléans

Seven famous men from Orléans

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Orléans / Sept hommes célèbres d'Orléans   Orléans / Sept hommes célèbres d'Orléans

Description

Six statues in niches in the façade:

Photo
click for enlargement		 Caption Biography
SAINT-AIGNAN
ve siecle 		Saint Aignan (b. 358-d. 453)
Bishop of Orléans (Wikipedia).
A. PETIT
1718-1794 		Antoine Petit (Orléans 1722 - Olivet 1794)
Physician, anatomist in Orléans (Biography).
J. BONGARS
1554-1612 		Jacques Bongars (Orléans 1554 - Paris 1612),
scholar and diplomatist (Wikipedia).
J.A. DVCERCEAV
15..-1592 		Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (Paris c. 1510 - Annecy 1584)
architect of the Hôtel Groslot (Wikipedia).
D. PETAV
1583-1652 		Denis Pétau (Orléans 1588 - Paris 1652),
Jesuit theologian (Wikipedia).
D. JOVSSE
1704-1781 		Daniel Jousse (Orléans 1704 - Orléans 1781)
jurisconsult and writer (Wikipedia).
R.I. POTHIER
1699-1772 		Robert-Joseph Pothier (Orléans 1699 - Orléans 1772)
Jurist (Wikipedia).

Sculptor

Tags

  • Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques
  • Architect
  • Bishop
  • Bongars, Jacques
  • Jousse, Daniel
  • Jurist
  • Pétau, Denis
  • Petit, Antoine
  • Physician
  • Politician/Statesman
  • Pothier, Robert-Joseph
  • Theologian

    • Locatie (N 47°54'9" - E 1°54'30") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

    Item Code: frce071; Photograph: 10 September 2011
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