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Moselle Lorraine Place d'Armes |
Abraham FabertAbraham (de) Fabert d’Esternay(Metz 1599 - Sedan 1662) Marshal of France (Wikipedia) |
Antoine Étex & Jan & Joël Martel
Fonderie de Eck et Durand 1840 |
Bronze statue of Fabert in armour. The statue was inaugurated 30 November 1842 on the other side of the Place d'Armes. Later it was replaced to the present location and got a new pedestal with four reliefs by the Martels:
![]() Coat of arms with Fabert's the name and dates |
![]() Five coats of arms and the names of battlefields: arras - stenay - landrecies - saint jean de losne - suse en piemont |
![]() Quote of Fabert (see inscriptions) |
![]() Five coats of arms of selestat - sedan - haguenau - benfeld - colmar and the words fortitudo - caritas |
A. FABERT |
marechal FABERT 1599-1662 |
si pour empecher qu'une place que le roi m'a confiee ne tombat au pou- voir de l'ennemi il faillant mettre a la breche ma per- sonne ma famille et tout mon bien je ne balancerais pas un moment a le faire * * FABERT |
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