BESANÇON, France — The statue of Victor Hugo has loomed outside the city hall of his birthplace, situated on the Esplanade for Human Rights, since 2003, his white beard knotty, his black suit ...

RODIN'S STATUE OF VICTOR HUGO; Interesting Triumph of the Sculptor On the Poet's Fete Day. Share full article. Special Correspondence THE NEW YORK TIMES. Oct. 3, 1909; ...

Understanding Victor Hugo, the artist, and tracing his footsteps through a hidden Paris. From the Sorbonne to the Church of Saint-Sulpice, the Paris skyline symbolises the legacy left behind by ...

Why Paris's Centre Pompidou, not even 50 years old, must close for five years. Culture. ... Vandalism against Victor Hugo statue sheds light on 'neo-Nazi culture' in French city.

A statue of Victor Hugo by Senegalese sculptor Ousmane Sow in Besançon. Hugo's ambition was not just to tell a story, but to depict a place and time: late medieval Paris, the condition of its ...

Victor Hugo’s House (Maison de Victor Hugo) 6 Place des Vosges, 75004 Paris, France Victor Hugo, the renowned author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame , lived in this apartment ...