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Tourville-sur-Sienne
Manche
Basse-Normandie

Rue de l'Amiral
(Place Leon-Paul Legraverend)

Anne Hilarion de Costentin Comte de Tourville

Paris or Tourville-sur-Sienne 1642 - Paris 1701
French naval commander who served under King Louis XIV. He was made Marshal of France in 1693
(Wikipedia)

Joseph-Charles Marin
1827

Tourville-sur-Sienne / Anne Hilarion de Costentin Comte de Tourville

Description

Large - 4.26 m (14 feet) tall - marble statue of admiral Tourville with sword (now broken), baton and plumed hat, leaning on a ship anchor.

Inscription(s)

TOURVILLE

anne hilarion de costentin
comte de tourville
marechal de france
Vice amiral des armées navales
1642-1701

Vainqueur de la bataille de Béveziers en 1690
Héros de la bataille de Barfleur en 1692

Signature

marin 1827

Annotation

The statue was made in 1827 for the Pont de la Concorde in Paris, but already in 1832 placed on the cour d'honneur of Versailles and transfered to Tourville in 1931.

Sculptor

Joseph-Charles Marin (Paris 1749 - Paris 1834), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres d'art de la Manche.
Wikimanche, Statue du maréchal de Tourville (Tourville-sur-Sienne).

Locatie (N 49°2'43" - W 1°32'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn069; Photograph: 5 August 2015
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