Fine Arts Exhibition
Fine Arts ExhibitionMonument à l'Abolition de l'Esclavage
Ville Port
The first monument to the slave trade in France, Jean-Claude Mayo's 1989 installation confronts a painful history with striking bronze figures and wooden ribs that evoke a slave ship's hull. It's a quiet, powerful place to sit with the past.
Powerful memorial sculpture
Thought-provoking history
Bronze figurative art
Slave trade commemoration
Tips
🗿"tells a story so beautifully and poignantly"
🪵wooden ribs suggest a slave ship's framework
🌳small nearby park for reflection
Monument à l'Abolition de l'Esclavage
Ville PortOpen
Fine Arts ExhibitionFine Arts ExhibitionThe first monument to the slave trade in France, Jean-Claude Mayo's 1989 installation confronts a painful history with striking bronze figures and wooden ribs that evoke a slave ship's hull. It's a quiet, powerful place to sit with the past.
Powerful memorial sculpture
Thought-provoking history
Bronze figurative art
Slave trade commemoration
Tips
🗿"tells a story so beautifully and poignantly"
🪵wooden ribs suggest a slave ship's framework
🌳small nearby park for reflection