I always thought that this was a statue of Beaurepaire ("He was buried in the Panthéon, but then he went missing") since it is very close to the Rue Beaurepaire in Saumur. In fact it is a statue of Petit-Thouars, the hero of (the first battle of) Aboukir.
We were in Saumur with Karen and M. Leclerc de Montréal to have dinner at the Japanese restaurant. We parked in the street in front of the post office where this imposing statue dominates the place.
Petit-Thouars and his leglessness is haunting me (The headless ama-ebi was also a surprise).
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