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Grand-Quevilly
Seine-Maritime
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Avenue Franklin Roosevelt / Rue Michel Corroy

Césaire Levillain

Fresnoy-Folny 1885 - Grand-Quevilly 1944
director of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce of Rouen and resistance fighter
(Wikipedia)

Robert Delandre & H. Le Pecq
1961

Description

Stone statue/relief of Levillain with on his left sides symbols of education (books, globe) and on his right side symbols of resistance (guns, pistols, granates, a parachute).

Inscription(s)

CESAIRE LEVILLAIN

On the back side (difficult to read):

"ormir, pleurer, prier est egalement lache
"fais energiquement ta longue et lourde tache
"dans la voie ou le sort a voulu t'appeller
"puis apres comme moi souffre et meurs sans parler

Signed: r delandre / h lepecq / 1961

Sculptors

Robert Delandre (Elbeuf 1879 - Paris 1961), French sculptor (Wikipedia).
H. Le Pecq, French sculptor.

Locatie (N 49°23'57" - E 1°3'26") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frhn046; Photograph: 28 August 2011
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