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Monument to Maréchal Moncey

Amédée Doublemard Paris

The Monument to Maréchal Moncey is a monument located at Place de Clichy in Paris. It commemorates the defense of Paris in 1814, when Marshal Moncey opposed the entry of the Cossacks at the Barrière de Clichy. The statue was created by sculptor Amédée Doublemard, with an architectural design by Edmond Guillaume.

A competition to design the monument was organized by the Ville de Paris in 1864, and forty sculptors and architects took part. The Municipal Fine Arts Commission selected the academic project by Doublemard and Guillaume for both the statue and its pedestal. The final project was adopted in 1866, and foundation work began in 1868. Financial constraints led to the removal of three of the four statues originally planned for the base, leaving only the statue of the Polytechnique student. The monument could not be officially inaugurated in 1870 because of the war, and it was later inaugurated during the Festival de la Place de Clichy.

Map showing the location of Monument to Maréchal Moncey in Paris
Location of Monument to Maréchal Moncey in Paris

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Monument at Place de Clichy

The Monument to Marechal Moncey is located at Place de Clichy in Paris. It commemorates the defense of Paris against Russian troops in 1814. The monument was created by the sculptor Amedee Doublemard and designed by the architect Edmond Guillaume. As a public monument in a prominent Paris location, it serves as a memorial to a specific historical defense of the city.

Design and inauguration of the Monument to Maréchal Moncey

The Monument to Maréchal Moncey commemorates the defense of Paris by Marshal Moncey in 1814, when he opposed the entry of the Cossacks at the Barriere de Clichy. In 1864, the Ville de Paris organized a competition to create the monument. Forty sculptors and architects took part, and the Municipal Fine Arts Commission judged the projects and chose the winner that same year. Among the proposals was Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's design showing Marshal Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey on a rearing horse. The selected project, however, was the academic design by Amédee Doublemard with architect Edmond Guillaume for both the statue and pedestal. The final project was adopted by the Fine Arts Commission in 1866.

Foundation work began in 1868. Financial reasons then led the Prefect of the Seine to remove three of the four statues originally planned for the base of the monument, leaving only the statue of the Polytechnique student. The monument could not be officially inaugurated in 1870 because of war. It was later officially inaugurated during the Festival de la Place de Clichy. Geoffroy Boulard and Eric Lejoindre, the mayors of the 17th and 18th arrondissements, attended the inauguration, along with a detachment of students from the Ecole Polytechnique.