LE MONUMENT AUX BOURGEOIS DE CALAIS

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Place du Soldat Inconnu, 62100 Calais, CALAIS, FRANCE

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Art Monument

Les Bourgeois de Calais is one of the most famous sculptures by Auguste Rodin, completed in 1889. It serves as a monument to an occurrence in 1347 during the Hundred Years' War, when Calais, an important French port on the English Channel, was under siege by the English for over a year.

Under French law no more than twelve casts of this piece were permitted after Rodin’s death. The London casting, purchased by the British Government in 1911, is one of them.

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LE MONUMENT AUX BOURGEOIS DE CALAIS

Place du Soldat Inconnu
62100 Calais,
District: CALAIS, FRANCE

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LE MONUMENT AUX BOURGEOIS DE CALAIS, Place du Soldat Inconnu, 62100 Calais, District: CALAIS, FRANCE

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