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Quai Georges Lévy
(Parc de la Maison du fleuve Rhône)

Maurice Thorez

Noyelles-Godault, Pas-de-Calais 1900 - Black Sea 1964
French politician and leader of the French Communist Party (PCF), 1930-1964; vice premier of France, 1946-1947
(Wikipedia)

Georges Salendre
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Description

Stone bust in one piece with the pedestal.

It stood originally at the promenade Maurice Thorez in Givors. In 2017 it was replaced to the Maison du fleuve Rhône at the entrance of the park devoted to Salendre's sculptures.

Inscription(s)

MAURICE THOREZ
1900-1964

Sculptor

Georges Salendre (Romanèche-la-Montagne 1890 - Lyon 1985), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Ville de Givors, Patrimoine givordin.

Locatie (N 45°35'3" - E 4°46'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra217; Photograph: 15 August 2018
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