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  6. Monument to Arcole Drum in Cadenet

 Monument to Arcole Drum in Cadenet dans le Vaucluse

Patrimoine classé
Monument
Statue
Vaucluse

Monument to Arcole Drum in Cadenet

    Place du Tambour-d'Arcole 
    84160 Cadenet
Monument au Tambour dArcole à Cadenet
Monument au Tambour dArcole à Cadenet
Monument au Tambour dArcole à Cadenet
Monument au Tambour dArcole à Cadenet
Monument au Tambour dArcole à Cadenet
Monument au Tambour dArcole à Cadenet
Monument au Tambour dArcole à Cadenet
Monument au Tambour dArcole à Cadenet
Crédit photo : Véronique PAGNIER - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Haut Moyen Âge
Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
900
1000
1100
…
2000
1796-11-16
Battle of Arcole Bridge
1804-07-15
Imperial award
1894-08-10
Opening of the monument
1943-09-04
Rescue of the statue
1945-10
Restoration of the monument
2009-07-23
Registration for historical monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The monument in its entirety (case AN, public domain, not cadastre): inscription by decree of 23 July 2009

Key figures

André Estienne - Tambour of Napoleonic armies Heroes commemorated by the monument.
Jean Barnabé Amy - Sculptor of the monument Author of the statue inaugurated.
Frédéric Mistral - Fairy poet Written a poem for the inauguration.
Louis Aymard, Albert Contard, Étienne Jacqueme, Joseph Roux, Rose Salignon - Inhabitants of Cadenet Saved the statue in 1943.

Origin and history

The monument at the Drum d'Arcole is a tribute to André Estienne, a young peasant from Cadenet who became a drummer in the Napoleonic armies. Born in 1777, he enlisted in 1792 to support his impoverished family in a harsh winter. His heroic act at the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole on 16 November 1796, where he crossed a torrent under enemy fire, earned him the Legion of Honour in 1804.

The monument project, originally proposed in 1862 and then abandoned, was revived in 1892 by the municipality of Cadenet. Inaugurated in 1894, it was designed by Jean Barnabé Amy and celebrated by a poem by Frédéric Mistral. During World War II, the statue was hidden by residents to avoid its melting under the Vichy regime, before being restored in 1945.

André Estienne, who died in 1837, was also represented on the Pantheon pediment and on the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile. The monument, inscribed in historical monuments since 2009, symbolizes both the individual courage and the collective tribute of the Third Republic to its national heroes.

External links

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