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Plaque aux pionniers de la colonisation belge au Congo

Plaque for the Pioneers of the Belgian Colonization of Congo

A. Regnier
Verbeyst Fondeur (Bruxelles)
1930

Mons / Plaque aux pionniers de la colonisation belge au Congo

Description

Bronze plaque with a relief showing an African woman and child harvesting cacao.

Inscription(s)

1876 A NOS PIONNIERS 1908

(list of names)

le bronze de ce memorial a ete offert par
les enfants des ecoles de mons
erige par decision du conseil communal du 14 octobre 1930

Signature

A Regnier
verbeyst fondeur bruxelles

Artist

A. Regnier, Belgian sculptor.

Sources & Information

Sculpture Publique en Belgique, Mons.

Location (N 50°27'17" - E 3°57'7") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: beha013; Photograph: 14 October 2017
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