Columns and statues to see Picardie

This statue of Napoleon I am the work of Georges Thurotte, who sculpted it in 1974. It recalls the victory acquired on 7 March 1814 by the French armies in Craonne on the Russian armies and prussian, then commanded by General Blücher. The statue was raised on the location of the mill of Vauclair, which served as an observatory during the battle. The wedding of the statue with the landscape is magnificent.

Every city has its hero! In Ham, this hero is called Maximilien Sebastien Foy, general of the First Empire born in the commune on February 3, 1775. A bronze statue, a poignant work by Hiolle, was installed in his honor on the Place de l 'Ville, on July 20, 1879. The general was represented with his left hand on the heart, the right arm tensed, as frozen at the time he wrote, from the top of the tribune of the National Assembly: «There is echo in France when we pronounce the words honor and homeland». You will also discover the general home of the general in the place of the current Café du Commerce.

This municipality of 7 200 inhabitants owes its fame to its park, castle and family of La. The city belonged to this former Charentaise family whose most illustrious member was the author of the famous Maxims. The Duke of La Rochefoucauld created on one of his farms, La Ferme de la Montagne, a vocational training school for orphans in the region. A statue of the Duke of La Rochefoucauld was erected on the square of the city centre on 6 October 1861. The character is represented as a benefactor of humanity, a tribute paid by his creator FL Poilleux, student of Arts and Crafts schools. The statue was destroyed by Italian soldiers in 1942 and exploded in June 1951.