Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Statue of Joseph Francois Dupleix

The statue of Joseph Francois Dupleix is a 2.88 meter tall, who was the Governor of Pondicherry from 1742 to 1754. The statue was made in France by Theodore Grruere and erected in the year 1870 at the Place de Republique.

Later is was shifted to French consulate General in 1964 now given to Pondicherry Administration by an agreement between India and France. The statue was placed in the children’s park in 1983, southern end of the beach road or Goubert Avenue.

The marble statue of the heroic and mercurial French damsel Jeanne D’Arc in the posture holding aloft the flag stands on a pedestal in the garden opposite to Eglise de Notre Dame de Anges. The statue of Goddess of travel in front of the Railway Station Stands majestically.

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