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Bapaume
Pas-de-Calais
Nord - Pas-de-Calais

Place Faidherbe

Louis Faidherbe

Lille 1818 - Paris 1889
French general, commanded the French army in the Battle of Bapaume, 3 January 1871
(Wikipedia)

Louis Noël (1839) & Jules Déchin
A. Durenne (Paris)
1891/1929

Description

Bronze statue

Inscription(s)

FAIDHERBE

Signed: louis-noël 1891
a durenne Fondeur a paris
(pedestal) P. TISON / ent.^eur a arras

Annotation

Inaugurated on September 27, 1891 and sculpted by Louis Noël. During the First World War, on September 29, 1916, the statue was requisitioned by the Germans, believing that it was bronze. The pedestal, pitted by shrapnel remained empty for 13 years. It was not until 1926 that the town decided to ask the sculptor Dechin to recreate the statue from the original plans. The new monument was inaugurated on August 18, 1929 by Paul Painlevé, then Minister of War.

Sculptors

Jules Déchin (Lille 1869 - Paris 1947), French sculptor, designer for the firm J. Prouvost-Denonvilliers. (Wikipedia).
Louis Noël (Ruminghem 1839 - Paris 1925), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Bapaume.

Locatie (N 50°6'13" - E 2°50'58") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frnp034; Photograph: 3 June 2012
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