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Statue de la Liberté

Statue of Liberty

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
1903

Description

Replica of the New York Statue of Liberty.

Inscription(s)

shield: POITIERS

aux
DEFENSEURS
de la
LIBERTE

shield: LIBERTE

de liberation municipale du 1 X 1902
gaston joliet prefet de la vienne
surreaux, maire de poitiers
morain adjoint
chauveau

lemoine Entrepeneur

shield: EGALITE

Quand...
...
.. LIBERTE
... plus

Montesquieu

shield: FRATERNITE

Elevé par souscriptions
sur l'initiative
des loges maconniques
de Poitiers et de Neuville

Annotation

Inaugurated 14 July 1903.

Old Postcard(s)

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Sculptor

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (Colmar 1834 - 1904), French sculptor who is remembered mainly for designing the Statue of Liberty (Wikipedia).

Location (N 46°35'8" - E 0°20'34")

Item Code: frpc003; Photograph: 30 August 2011
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