Madonna and Child / Notre-Dame de France (1860 Bonnassieux), art
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Madonna and Child / Notre-Dame de France (1860) is a monumental iron sculpture by Jean-Marie Bonnassieux, at Le Puy-en-Vela, France.
The gigantic statue was made from 213 Russian cannons taken in the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855). Its inauguration on 12 September 1860 drew a crowd of more than 120,000 people.]]