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Monument à Frédéric Mistral

Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le monument en totalité (cad. AB domaine public, non cadastré) : inscription par arrêté du 23 juillet 2009
Protection dates
2009/07/23 : inscrit MH
Type
monument
Main period of construction
1er quart 20e siècle
Dates
1909
Architect or builder
Rivière Théodore (sculpteur), Férigoule Claude (sculpteur)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
place du Forum
Commune
Arles
Département
Bouches-du-Rhône
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country
France
Coordinates
43.67752, 4.62698
Mérimée reference
PA13000054

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1603 map "Languedock." (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'idée d'élever un monument en hommage à Frédéric Mistral remonte aux années 1880. L'emplacement est fixé avec l'accord du poète qui adjoint au sculpteur Théodore Rivière, Claude Férigoule également sculpteur. En 1942, la statue esst fondue à la demande du ministère de la production industrielle. La tête est découpée et sauvée par Mugnani, ferrailleur marseillais. La statue est reconstituée d'après la maquette et inaugurée en 1948.

English translation

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The idea of erecting a monument in homage to Frédéric Mistral dates back to the 1880s. The location was fixed with the agreement of the poet, who added to sculptor Théodore Rivière, Claude Férigoule, also a sculptor. In 1942, the statue was melted down at the request of the Ministry of Industrial Production. The head was cut out and saved by Mugnani, a scrap metal dealer from Marseille. The statue was reconstituted from the maquette and inaugurated in 1948.

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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