Le corbeau et le renard - Tours, Centre
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[FR]Plaque sculptée sur la façade de l'école élémentaire Victor Hugo à Tours [EN] Plaque carved on the facade of the elementary school Victor Hugo in Tours.
Waymark Code: WMVJT4
Location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
Date Posted: 04/26/2017
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[FR] Jean de La Fontaine, né le 8 juillet 1621 à Château-Thierry et mort le 13 avril 1695 à Paris, est un poète français de grande renommée, principalement pour ses Fables et dans une moindre mesure pour ses contes. L'école élémentaire Victor Hugo a sur son mur principal une sculpture de la fable :
- Le corbeau et le renard
Jean de La Fontaine fait un portrait moqueur des personnes qui sont sensibles aux beaux parleurs qui les entourent.
[EN] Jean de La Fontaine, born on 8 July 1621 in Château-Thierry and died on 13 April 1695 in Paris, is a French poet of great renown, mainly for his Fables and to a lesser extent for his tales. The elementary school Victor Hugo has on its main wall a sculpture of the fable:
- The Fox and the Crow
Jean de La Fontaine makes a mocking portrait of people who are sensitive to the beautiful speakers who surround them.
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Where is this sculpture?:
5 Rue des Bordiers
Tours,
37100
Sculptors Name: unknown
Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: Not listed
Website for sculpture?: Not listed
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