The Burghers of Calais Sculpture, by Auguste Rodin, In Front of Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK, GB.

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Les Bourgeois de Calais is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin, one of his best known, that exists in twelve original castings, and numerous copies. It commemorates an event during the Hundred Years' War, when Calais, a French port on the English Channel, was under siege by the English for about eleven months. Calais commissioned Rodin to create the sculpture in 1884 and the work was completed in 1889.

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Size: 3888px × 5184px
Location: Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster, London, UK.
Photo credit: © Dylan Garcia / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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