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Apotheosis of St. Louis
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Charles Niehaus
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Apotheosis of St. Louis
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This statue of King Louis IX of France, the namesake of St. Louis, Missouri, is located in front of the Saint Louis Art Museum. The image of this statue of the king on a horse was widely used as a graphical symbol of the City of St. Louis. It is sometimes still used as such, though the Gateway Arch has mostly assumed that role.

The original plaster model for this statue stood at the entrance to the 1904 Worlds Fair in Forest Park. After the fair the statue was cast in bronze by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company and presented to the city as part of the restoration of the park after the fair. The statue was cleaned in 1977 and restored in 1999. The inverted sword, held up as a cross, was replaced after being broken or stolen in 1970, 1972, 1977, and 1981.[1]
Date 1903. Dedicated October 4, 1906.[2]
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current21:15, 24 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 21:15, 24 April 2012526 × 800 (282 KB)OgreBot (talk | contribs)(BOT): Uploading old version of file from en.wikipedia; originally uploaded on 2004-11-15 01:47:27 by Colin.faulkingham
14:51, 11 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 14:51, 11 July 2006394 × 599 (37 KB)Sigfrid~commonswiki (talk | contribs)Category:St. Louis, Missouri From : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Apotheosis-of-saint-louis.jpg '''Apotheosis of St. Louis''' by Charles Niehaus, 1903. This statue of King Louis IX of France, the namesake of [[St. Louis

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