Monument to Pierre and Ernest Michaux
The monument to Pierre and Ernest Michaux in Bar-le-Duc , a French town in the Meuse department in Lorraine , was erected in 1894 after a public appeal for donations by the sports magazine Le Vélo .
The memorial commemorates Pierre Michaux (1813-1883) and his son Ernest, both citizens of Bar-le-Duc, who invented the velocipede (high- speed bicycle with pedals).
The monument stands on the site of a former fountain from 1756, which is why it is framed by a niche with a scallop shell . On the stone with the inscription there is a putto with a velocipede. The work was created by the artist Édouard Houssin (1847–1919).
literature
- Le guide Bar-le-Duc. Éditions du patrimoine, Center des monuments nationaux, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-7577-0260-4 , pp. 96–97.
- City of Bar-le-Duc (Ed.): Let's tell you the story of Bar-le-Duc !. Bar-le-Duc without a year, p. 3.
Web links
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Coordinates: 48 ° 46 '32.73 " N , 5 ° 9' 26.29" O