equestrian statue of Louis XIV

Montpellier, Italy

The equestrian statue of Louis XIV is a monument erected in 1828 in the center of the Promenade du Peyrou in Montpellier, Hérault. Classified as a monument historique in 1954, on a site itself classified in 1943, this bronze statue is the second representation of King Louis XIV in this city, as a pr

evious version was destroyed during the French Revolution. This smaller replica was sculpted by Jean Baptiste Joseph De Bay père and cast by Auguste-Jean-Marie Carbonneaux based on designs by Jules Hardouin-Mansart.

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