Paul Cabot in Nuits-Saint-Georges, Côte-d'Or (21)

'PLACE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE

 

Beffroi

 

Inscrit à l'inventaire supplémentaire des Monuments Historiques en 1947. Jadis tour de garde construite en 1610 au-dessus du Baillage où se réunissent les échevins. Hôtel de Ville jusqu'en 1833, il reste symbol de la Ville. En 1933, le buste de Paul Cabet a été placé sur la façade.'

 

Paul Cabet was a sculptor born in Nuits-Saints-Georges to a family of coopers, and became the student of his sculptor relative (uncle or stepfather?) François Rude.

And speaking of coopers, it is hardly possible to mention the town Nuits-Saint-Georges without also alluding to its famous wine: the press is from the 19th century.

Bicycles are also big here.