2021, Removal of the Governor Olry statue

has description | a une description: On April 6, 2020, the Nouméa City Council unanimously approved the measure proposed by Mayor Sonia Lagarde: the Olry statue will be moved to the gardens of the city museum and replaced by a sculpture depicting the handshake between Jacques Lafleur and Jean-Marie Tjibaou, who in 1988 concluded the Matignon Accords providing for a ten-year period of projects before a referendum on New Caledonian independence. In addition, the square where the statue is located, also named after Olry, will be renamed Place de la paix. These measures and the prefiguration of the new square are presented to the public on October 29, 2020 by Sonia Lagarde, in the presence of Sébastien Lecornu, Minister for Overseas France. On July 16, 2021, the Olry statue, packed and tied up, was lifted by a crane truck to a temporary location. A Dumbéa-based company specializing in stone-cutting and architectural restoration, Pierre et Patrimoine, set about dismantling the stones contained in the statue's base.
has type | est de type: relocation
carried out by | réalisée par: Noumea Town Hall
took place at | a eu lieu dans: Place des cocotiers, Nouméa
took place on or within | a eu lieu le ou dans l'intervalle de temps: 16 July 2021
was motivated by | le déplacement a été motivé par: This decision was motivated by the (pro-independence) political leanings of the mayor of Nouméa, after decades of Kanak mobilization.

is referred to by | est référencé par: Nouvelle Calédonie la 1e; Ouest France; Nouvelle Calédonie la 1e

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Statue of Jean-Baptiste Léon Olry, Nouméa

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