Apotheosis of St. Louis is a statue of King Louis IX of France namesake of St. Louis Missouri located in front of the Saint Louis Art Museum in Forest Park. Prior to the completion of the Gateway Arch the statue was the principal symbol of the city. It has served in the iconography of St. Louis for more than a century.
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