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Ross Bayard

The Horse Bayard and the Four Aymon Brothers

Figures from a 12th century Old French chanson de geste, known as Les Quatre Fils Aymon
(Wikipedia)

Michel Peleman
1987

Description

Bronze-coloured artificial stone sculpture of a rearing horse with four young knights in armour. On their shelds the coats-of-arms of ? Dendermonde, Nienburg/Weser, and a second time Dendermonde.

Nienburg/Weser - Ross Bayars

Signature

michael peleman

Information Sign

Ros Beiaard
Michel Peelman

Der Sage zufolge trug das
Wunderpferd Beiaard die vier Haimonskinder,
Söhne des Grafen Aymon de Dordogne,
auf der Flucht vor Karl dem Großen
über die Maas.

Geschenk der Partnerstadt
Dendermonde
Eingeweiht am
10. November 1988

The Horse Bayard
Michel Peleman

According to the saga the wonder horse
Bayard carried the four sons of Aymon,
sons of Count Aymon de Dordogne,
fleeing for Charlemagne
over the Maas.

Gift of the Sister Town
Dendermonde
Inaugurated on
10 November 1988

Sculptor

Michel Peleman (Dendermonde 1937), Belgian sculptor.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Nienburg/Weser.
Landschaftsverband Weser-Hunte e.V., Skulpturen und Objekte im öffentlichen Raum in den Landkreisen Diepholz und Nienburg/Weser, 2011 (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 52°38'13" - E 9°12'33") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens454; Photograph: 8 August 2016
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