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Statue de Bichat

Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La statue de Bichat y compris son socle (non cadastrée), emprise telle que présentée sur le plan joint à l’arrêté : inscription par arrêté du 25 mars 2016
Protection dates
2016/03/25 : inscrit MH
Type
monument
Main period of construction
19e siècle
Dates
1842
Architect or builder
Angers David d, (sculpteur)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
promenade du Bastion
Commune
Bourg-en-Bresse
Département
Ain
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.20720, 5.22456
Mérimée reference
PA01000042

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1765 map "117 Bourg-en-Bresse." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Projeté dès 1822, le monument est financé par la société d’émulation de l’Ain à partir d’une souscription nationale. Confié à David d’Angers, il représente Xavier Bichat, médecin qui passa son enfance dans l’Ain et commença ses études à l’hôpital de Bourg-en-Bresse. Inauguré le 24 août 1843 place Grenette, le monument fut déplacé en 1870 à l’extrémité de la place du bastion.

English translation

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Envisioned from 1822, the monument is financed by the society for emulation of the Ain from a national subscription. Entrusted to David d'Angers, it represents Xavier Bichat, physician who spent his childhood in the Ain and began his studies at the hospital of Bourg-en-Bresse. Inaugurated on 24 August 1843 on place Grenette, the monument was moved in 1870 to the extremity of place du bastion.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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