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DANTON
LA VILLE DE PARIS
1889

The statue of the journalist and lawyer Georges Danton (1759-1794) who was one of the leaders of the French Revolution.
Danton, who as the Minister of Justice had a significant part in the mass executions that happened in the revolution, was finally accused of treason and executed.

The statue made by Auguste Paris was made for the centenary celebrations of the French Revolution in 1889.
The statue shows Danton giving a speech while two armed young men look at him, and it was placed where Denton’s house used to be.
The statue was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

More details on the sign from the "History of Paris" series placed next to this statue Click for sign's details

The following inscriptions appear on the sides of the statue’s base:
Under the front of the statue, at the bottom of the statue’s base:
CE MONUMENT
A ÉTÉ ÉRIGÉ À LA PLACE
QU’OCCUPAIT LA MAISON HABITEE PAR DANTON
DANS LA PARTIE AUJOURD’HUI DEMOLIE
DE LA COUR DU COMMERCE

[translation]
THIS MONUMENT
WAS ERECTED IN THE PLACE
WHAT WAS THE HOUSE INHABITED BY DANTON
IN THE NOW DEMOLISHED PART
OF THE COMMERCIAL COURT
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APRES LE PAIN
L’EDUCATION EST LE PREMIER BESOIN DU PEUPLE
CONVENTION NATIONALE
DISCOURS DU 13 AOUT 1793

[translation]
AFTER THE BREAD
EDUCATION IS THE FIRST NEED OF THE PEOPLE
NATIONAL CONVENTION
SPEECH OF AUGUST 13, 1793
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1789
RÉVOLUTION FRANCAISE
DROIT DE L’HOMMÉ

GEORGES JACQUES DANTON
1759 - 1794
MINISTRE DE LA JUSTICE
DU 10 AOUT AU 9 OCTOBRE 1792
DÉPUTÉ DE PARIS
A LA CONVENTION NATIONALE

[translation]
1789
FRENCH REVOLUTION
HUMAN RIGHTS

GEORGES JACQUES DANTON
1759 - 1794
JUSTICE MINISTRY
FROM AUGUST 10 TO OCTOBER 9, 1792
PARIS DEPARTMENT
AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
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POUR VAINCRE LES ENNEMIS DE LA PATRIE
IL NOUS FAUT DE L’AUDACE
ENCORE DE L’AUDACE
ET TOUJOURS DE L’AUDACE
ASSEMBLEE LEGISLATIVE DU 2 SEPTEMBRE 1792

[translation]
TO DEFEAT THE ENEMIES OF THE HOMELAND
WE NEED BOLDNESS
MORE AUDACITY
AND ALWAYS BOLD
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SEPTEMBER 2, 1792
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