The equestrian statue of Douglas Haig

Nothing to do with Victor Hugo, facing the theater which represents for the Montreuillois the Franco-British cordial agreement, let us focus here on the statue of Marshal Douglas Haig, commander in chief of the British troops based in Montreuil during World War I. This statue, therefore, by the Frenchman Paul Landowski, was inaugurated in 1931, dismantled, and then melted down by the German occupation forces in 1940. Fortunately, a new cast was made in 1950 from the mold that the artist had preserved. For the record, Paul Landowski also contributed to the creation of the Christ the Redeemer in Corcovado on the heights of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

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