The monument commemorating the attachment of Menton and Roquebrune to France is located in the Biovès gardens.
The sculpted group is an allegorical representation of France receiving its daughter Menton. At their foot is a rooster, a patriotic symbol.
The sculpted group is an allegorical representation of France receiving its daughter Menton. At their foot is a rooster, a patriotic symbol.
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Although the attachment to France took place under the Second Empire, the symbolism here is rather republican. The white marble statue stands on a masonry pedestal veneered with marble.
It was designed in 1891. The two dates on the eastern side of the pedestal, 1793 and 1861, recall the first annexation to France during the Revolution and the Empire, and the definitive attachment in 1861 ratified by a plebiscite organised by the Sardinian and French governments. It was erected by public subscription and was inaugurated on 5 March 1896 in the presence of Félix Faure, President of the Republic. The authors were the architect Auguste Vaudremer and the sculptor Denys Pierre Puech. Originally located on the Place Saint-Roch, it was moved in 1903 to the Biovès gardens to a different location than the one it has occupied since 1975.
A statuette (sketch) of the monument is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rodez.
It was designed in 1891. The two dates on the eastern side of the pedestal, 1793 and 1861, recall the first annexation to France during the Revolution and the Empire, and the definitive attachment in 1861 ratified by a plebiscite organised by the Sardinian and French governments. It was erected by public subscription and was inaugurated on 5 March 1896 in the presence of Félix Faure, President of the Republic. The authors were the architect Auguste Vaudremer and the sculptor Denys Pierre Puech. Originally located on the Place Saint-Roch, it was moved in 1903 to the Biovès gardens to a different location than the one it has occupied since 1975.
A statuette (sketch) of the monument is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rodez.
Although the attachment to France took place under the Second Empire, the symbolism here is rather republican. The white marble statue stands on a masonry pedestal veneered with marble.
It was designed in 1891. The two dates on the eastern side of the pedestal, 1793 and 1861, recall the first annexation to France during the Revolution and the Empire, and the definitive attachment in 1861 ratified by a plebiscite organised by the Sardinian and French governments. It was erected by public...
It was designed in 1891. The two dates on the eastern side of the pedestal, 1793 and 1861, recall the first annexation to France during the Revolution and the Empire, and the definitive attachment in 1861 ratified by a plebiscite organised by the Sardinian and French governments. It was erected by public...
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