JEANNE LA LORRAINE

Statue of Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans) (1412-1431), the French heroine during the struggle to liberate France from English occupation in the Hundred Years’ War.
Joan of Arc fought while wearing men’s clothing, is considered one of the great heroines of the French nation and the one who liberated the city of Orléans from the English siege.
She was captured by the English and burned at the stake on charges of witchcraft.

She spent several days in Blois, at the end of April 1429, before the Battle of Orléans, where she was also blessed by the people of the church of Saint-Sauveur.

The statue located in the Bishopric Garden is a replica of a statue created by the American sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington, made in 1915 and placed in New York and made history by being the first public monument made by a woman, and also the first monument in New York City dedicated to a woman.
The statue was placed in the city in 1921.

The statue was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image Click for a larger image Click for a larger image
In the following picture you can see the statue overlooking the city of Blois and the Loire River.
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Below the sign and on the column on which the statue stands, the following sign can be found indicating the origin of the column:
CETTE PIERRE PROVIENT DU CACHOT DE JEANNE D’ARC A ROUEN

[Translation]
THIS STONE COMES FROM THE DUNGEON OF JOAN OF ARC IN ROUEN
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The following inscriptions surround the base of the statue:
A LA GLORIEUSE JEANNE D’ARC
A SON NOBLE PAYS LA LORRAINE
A SA CHERE PATRIE LA FRANCE
LA REPUBLIQUE DES ETATS UNIS ET LA CITE DE NEW YORK LEURS ADMIRATRICES FIDELES LE 13 AOUT 1921

ANNA HUNTINGTON SCULPTEUR
PATRICE BONNE ARCHITECT

[Translation]
TO THE GLORIOUS JOAN OF ARC
TO HER NOBLE COUNTRY LORRAINE
TO HER DEAR HOMELAND FRANCE
THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CITY OF NEW YORK THEIR FAITHFUL ADMIRATES AUGUST 13, 1921

ANNA HUNTINGTON SCULPTOR
PATRICE BONNE ARCHITECT
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CETTE STATUE FUT OFFERTE
A LA FRANCE ET A LA VILLE DE BLOIS
PAR UN CCITOYEN AMERICAIN
J. SANFORD SALTUS

[Translation]
THIS STATUE WAS OFFERED
TO FRANCE AND THE CITY OF BLOIS
BY AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
J. SANFORD SALTUS
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UNE FOIS DE PLUS L’AME DE JEANNE D’ARC SEST REVELEE COMME L’AME HEROIQUE DE LA FRANCE
UNE FOIS DE PLUS SA VISION S’EST JUSTIFIEE PAR LA VISION INFAILLIBLE D’UNE GRANDE NATION
UNE FOIS DE PLUS LA VOIX OUI LINSPIRAIT A ETE CONSACREE PAR LA VOIX IMPERISSABLE
DE SON PEUPLE UNI_C’EST L’ESPRIT DE JEANNE OUI TRIOMPHE TOUJOURS DANS LE COVRAGE DE LA FRANCE ET SON ETENDARD BRILLERA DESORMAIS D’UN ECLAT NOVUEAU

[Translation]
ONCE AGAIN THE SOUL OF JOAN OF ARC HAS REVEALED ITSELF AS THE HEROIC SOUL OF FRANCE
ONCE AGAIN HER VISION HAS BEEN JUSTIFIED BY THE INFALLIBLE VISION OF A GREAT NATION
ONCE AGAIN THE VOICE THAT INSPIRED HER WAS CONSECRATED BY THE IMPERISHABLE VOICE
OF HER UNITED PEOPLE_IT IS THE SPIRIT OF JOAN YES ALWAYS TRIUMPHS IN THE COVERING OF FRANCE AND HER STANDARD WILL HENCEFORWARD SHINE WITH A NEW BRILLIANCE
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