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Sainte-Mère-Église
Manche
Basse-Normandie

Place du 6 Juin

Alexandre Renaud

Legé, Loire-Atlantique 1891 - 1966
Mayor of Sainte-Mère-Église, 1944-1966
(Wikimanche)

Paul Deschamps
1968

Description

Stone stele in the shape of the Cotentin peninsula with a bronze portrait relief.

Inscription(s)

alexandre renaud
1891-1966

maire de la liberation
premier historien
du
debarquement
ecrivain normand

Signature

(medaillon) Deschamps

Artist

Paul Deschamps (Neuville-les-Dieppe, Seine-Maritime 1908 - Cherbourg 1981), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, vol. 57, no. 200 (1969), pp. 267-268 (on-line).

Location (N 49°24'29" - W 1°19'1") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn090; Photograph: 5 August 2015
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