Place des Victoires
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The Place des Victoires is a circular square in central Paris, located a short distance northeast of the Palais-Royal and straddling the border between the 1st and the 2nd arrondissements. The Place d
A view of the Place des Victoires with the equestrian statue of Louis XIV at its centre.
Roman equestrian statue of Louis XIV at the centre of the square
Desjardins's monument
Toppling of the statue of Louis XIV in 1792
Louis Desaix
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Louis Charles Antoine Desaix was a French general and military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars. According to the usage of the time, he took the surname Desaix de Veygoux. He was considered
Place des Victoires
…Victories Square), and a wooden pyramid was erected on the site of the destroyed statue. In 1810, under the rule of Napoleon, a nude statue of the General Louis Desaix replaced the pyramid. However, following the abdication of Napoléon, the statue was taken down and its metal was used to create a new statue of Henry…
Portrait by Andrea Appiani, 1800
1798 portrait of Desaix in Egypt by André Dutertre
Engraving by Fiesinger of a portrait by Jean-Urbain Guérin, 1798
Portrait of Louis Desaix.