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Les Bourgeois de Calais is one of the most famous sculptures by Auguste Rodin completed in 1889. It serves as a monument to an occurrence in 1347 during the Hundred Years’ War when Calais an important French port on the English Channel was under siege by the English for over a year. Calais commissioned Rodin to create the sculpture in 1884.

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Auguste Rodin
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