Monument to Robert Galley - Place de la Libération Work by sculptor Didier Rousseau - Navarre
Troyes
Inaugurated in November 2018, this monument honors the memory of Robert Galley, who was a Free French Resistance fighter, Compagnon de la Libération, Minister from 1968 to 1981 and Mayor of Troyes from 1972 to 1995.
The gilded bronze bust rests on a square column of Burgundy stone.
It weighs almost 150 kg and is 125 cm high. The entire sculpture is 2.75 m high.
Note the butterfly on his left shoulder: a nod to this nature-lover's passion for entomology (the study of insects) and butterflies in particular. He collected almost 20,000 species of butterfly and donated them to the Troyes Natural History Museum.
Last updated on 17/11/2023 - Troyes La Champagne Tourisme
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