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On the sign:
Mieulx est de ris que de larmes écrire pour ce que rire est le propre de l’homme
François Rabelais (1494-1553), known for writing the Gargantua and Pantagruel series of pleasure-seeking books that were banned by the French Church upon publication, was born in the Loire Valley, so it is likely that this is why his statue is located here.
The statue, made by Étienne Henri Dumaige, was made in 1879 and installed in 1880