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Place du Commandant Louis Daudré / Rue Saint-Sauveur
(Hôtel de Ville)

Sculptures à la façade de l'Hôtel de Ville

Sculptures on the façade of the Town Hall

artist unknown
20th century

Péronne / Sculptures à la façade de l'Hôtel de Ville

Description

The front façade of the Town Hall as three niches for statues, one at the top, and two on the first floor (one of these is empty). On the side façade is a fourth niche with a statue.

Guise - Jean-Baptiste André Godin
Bronze statue of a nude woman.

Mercure / Mercurius
Signed: M.G.R.

Guise - Jean-Baptiste André Godin
Tympanon with relief of a seated woman with a cornucopia.

Guise - Jean-Baptiste André Godin
Hercule / Hercules

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Locatie (N 49°55'47" - E 2°56'7") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frpi119; Photograph: 16 October 2017
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