Place du Général-de-Gaulle. La Colonne de la Déesse

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Grand Place (known as Area General de Gaulle - place du Général-de-Gaulle, - another name - the Goddess area - place de la Déesse), in the middle of which stands the so-called Column of the Goddess, the symbol of the heroism of the inhabitants of Lille. It was erected in 1845 in memory of the siege of the city by Austrian troops in 1792 in his right hand the goddess (la Déesse) holds a gun sunk, and left points down at the inscription, "was the answer of the mayor of Lille, André, who refused to surrender the besieged city »(.« la réponse du maire de Lille, André, refusant la reddition de la ville assiégée ») Interestingly, the model for the Goddess wife served as mayor Lillya.Vot this column" full-length "