Monument Joseph Sec, Aix en Provence
Joseph Sec was a master carpenter, timber merchant and Jacobin He commissioned a masonic monument with statues representing figures from the Old Testament, New Testament and other ideals, which stand as a rare example of architecture from the time of the French Revolution..
Joseph Sec was a master carpenter, timber merchant and Jacobin He commissioned a masonic monument with statues representing figures from the Old Testament, New Testament and other ideals, which stand as a rare example of architecture from the time of the French Revolution.
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About Monument Joseph Sec
6 Avenue Pasteur, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France
+33 4 42 91 90 00
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