Saint-Georges in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Monument à la mémoire de Moncey

— Histoire de Paris —

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 12, 2025

1. Monument à la mémoire de Moncey Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Ce monument d'académisme commémore les combats héroïques livrés par les défenseurs de Paris lors du siège de 1814. Amédée Doublemard (1826-1900), prix de Rome en 1854 et 1855, triomphe dans un concours organisé par la ville en 1863, sous le contrôle très étroit de la Commission des Beaux-Arts. Face à lui, Carpeaux présente un projet romantique et désordonné, dont la maquette. est conservée au Petit Palais, et Horeau une stèle surmontée d'une navicelle soutenue par les "fluctuations des jours fastes et néfastes". Erigé en 1869, ce monument n'a jamais connu d'inauguration officielle : la cérémonie, prévue pour le 15 août 1870, est annulée à cause de la guerre. Il prend ainsi valeur prophétique dans une France de nouveau menacée d'invasion. Poitrine offerte et le sabre à la main, Moncey s'élance, le bras gauche tendu afin de protéger la Ville, couronnée de tours, qui brandit l'aigle impériale à l'arrière, un volontaire, élève de l'école Polytechnique, expire sur les débris d'une barricade. La majestueuse allégorie de pierre, haute de 14 mètres, hommage à la cité remodelée par Haussmann, est également considérée comme le

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prototype des monuments aux morts pour la patrie.

(English translation:)
This academic monument commemorates the heroic battles fought by the defenders of Paris during the siege of 1814. Amédée Doublemard (1826-1900), winner of the Prix de Rome in 1854 and 1855, triumphed in a competition organized by the city in 1863, under the very strict supervision of the Commission of Fine Arts. Opposite him, Carpeaux presented a romantic and disorderly project, the model of which is preserved at the Petit Palais, and Horeau a stele surmounted by a navicelle supported by the "fluctuations of auspicious and inauspicious days." Erected in 1869, this monument was never officially inaugurated: the ceremony, planned for August 15, 1870, was canceled because of the war. It thus took on prophetic value in a France once again threatened with invasion. Chest offered and saber in hand, Moncey rushes forward, his left arm outstretched to protect the city, crowned with towers, which brandishes the imperial eagle at the back, a volunteer, a student of the École Polytechnique, expires on the debris of a barricade. The majestic stone allegory, 14 meters high, a tribute to the city remodeled by Haussmann, is also considered the prototype of monuments to the dead for the fatherland.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music

Monument à la mémoire de Moncey and marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 12, 2025

2. Monument à la mémoire de Moncey and marker

• Wars, Non-US. In addition, it is included in the Histoire de Paris series list. A significant historical date for this entry is March 30, 1814.

Location. 48° 53.015′ N, 2° 19.652′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Saint-Georges. It is on Place de Clichy, in the median. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Paris, Île-de-France 75017, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony

and also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: La défense de la Barrière de Clichy (within shouting distance of this marker); Lycee Jules Ferry Deported Jewish Students Memorial (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Le boulevard de Clichy sous le neige (about 180 meters away); L’Hippo-Palace (about 210 meters away); Le Gaumont-Palace illuminé la nuit (about 210 meters away); Le cimetiere Montmartre (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Cimetière Montmartre (1825) (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Le Moulin-Rouge (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . .
1. Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (Wikipedia). Excerpt:

Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (or Jannot de Moncey), 1st duc de Conegliano (31 July 1754 – 20 April 1842) was a French military officer and a prominent
Photographed by B.F., Paris, circa 1905

3. Monument du Moncey
commander in the French Revolutionary Wars and later a Marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. He later became governor of the Hôtel des Invalides. Moncey is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 33.

…He refused to serve in the invasion of Russia, and therefore had no share in the campaign of the Grande Armée in 1812 and 1813. However, when France was invaded in 1814, Moncey reappeared in the field and fought the last battle for Paris on the heights of Montmartre and at the barrier of Clichy.

(Submitted on April 14, 2025.)

2. Battle of Paris (1814). Overview:

The Battle of Paris (or the Storming of Paris) was fought on 30–31 March 1814 between the Sixth Coalition, consisting of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, and the French Empire. After a day of fighting in the suburbs of Paris, the French surrendered on 31 March, ending the War of the Sixth Coalition and forcing Emperor Napoleon to abdicate and go into exile.

(Submitted on April 14, 2025.)

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Statue Moncey postcard image. Click for full size.

circa 1905

4. Statue Moncey postcard

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