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Foch
Foch — Public artwork (statue).
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Foch is a place of interest in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1929. Wikidata describes it as: "Public artwork (statue).". Coordinates: 51.4964°, -0.1453°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The equestrian statue of Ferdinand Foch stands in Lower Grosvenor Gardens, London. The sculptor was Georges Malissard and the statue is a replica of another raised in Cassel, France. Foch, appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces on the Western Front in the Spring of 1918, was widely seen as the architect of Germany's ultimate defeat and surrender in November 1918. Among many other honours, he was made an honorary Field marshal in the British Army, the only French military commander to receive such a distinction. Following Foch's death in March 1929, a campaign was launched to erect a statue in London in his memory. The Foch Memorial Committee chose Malissard as the sculptor, who produced a replica of his 1928 statue of Foch at Cassel. The statue was unveiled by the Prince of Wales on 5 June 1930. Designated a Grade II listed structure in 1958, the statue's status was raised to Grade II* in 2016.
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- Coordinates
- 51.4964, -0.1453
- District
- Westminster
- Parish
- Westminster, unparished area
- Postcode
- SW1W 0RP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Established
- 1929
Sources
- osm: n4308442074 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Equestrian statue of Ferdinand Foch, London (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Ferdinand Foch statue (Victoria, London).jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Foch?
- Foch is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4964°, -0.1453°.
- When was Foch built?
- Foch dates to 1929 — the Modern period.