Wednesday, 13 April 2016

Kleber and the Napoleon sphinx

Strasbourg is very proud of General Jean-Baptiste Kleber! They named the main square after him, with the obligatory statue of the great.
More info about him here
Curious detail. Underneath the square, there is a car park. And right in the middle is Kleber's cenotaph, complete with his corpse.
He accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte to Egypt. Is this the sphinx on the memorial looks Big Boss Napo???
And, finally, he died in Cairo... killed by a student.
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4 comments:

  1. Tanya Breese13 April 2016 at 15:06

    great shot! love the patina!

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  2. Gunn13 April 2016 at 17:16

    nice detail, and I like the focal point.

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  3. William Kendall13 April 2016 at 17:56

    I wonder what the general would think of his earthly remains now being amid a car park.

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  4. Halcyon14 April 2016 at 16:11

    What an interesting piece of history.

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