A LA GLOIRE
DES CITOYENS FRANCAIS
QUI SARMÈRENT ET COMBATTIRENT
POUR LA DÉFENSE DES LIBERTÉS PUBLIQUES
DANS LES MEMORABLES JOURNÉES
DES 27-28 29 JUILLET 1830

The July Column, standing in the center of Bastille Square, was erected to commemorate the July Revolution of 1830, a revolution that lasted 3 days (27-29 July) and at the end of which King Charles X was replaced by Louis Philippe I.
The column built between 1835-1840 was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

On another plate appear the 3 days of the revolution
27 28 29
JUILLET 1831
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The names of the 504 Frenchmen who fell in the revolution are engraved on the column according to the day they were killed
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At the top of the column is a golden statue "The Genius of Freedom" made by Auguste Dumont and placed in 1836
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On the base of the column (as you can see from the pictures above) 24 round medallions on different subjects (Medusa’s head, the cross of July and more)

Translation of the text on the sign:
TO GLORY
FRENCH CITIZENS
WHO SARMED AND FIGHTED
FOR THE DEFENSE OF PUBLIC LIBERTIES
IN MEMORABLE DAYS
FROM 27-28 JULY 29, 1830