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Gayarre Place, Esplanade Ave, New Orleans
Gayarre Place is a triangular plot with a prominent statue. It was given to the city by Charles Gayarre, a politician, lawyer, novelist, playwright, and essayist. He is most remembered as a historian of Louisiana. He died in disrepute, and it is said that only Grace King, his pupil, attended his funeral. George H. Dunbar donated a terra-cotta victory monument. It was destroyed in 1938 and replaced with the present cement and marble statue of Clio, the Greek muse of history and the lyre. The monument is called “Clio: Goddess of History—Genius of Peace Statue.
Gayarre Place, Esplanade Ave, New Orleans
Gayarre Place is a triangular plot with a prominent statue. It was given to the city by Charles Gayarre, a politician, lawyer, novelist, playwright, and essayist. He is most remembered as a historian of Louisiana. He died in disrepute, and it is said that only Grace King, his pupil, attended his funeral. George H. Dunbar donated a terra-cotta victory monument. It was destroyed in 1938 and replaced with the present cement and marble statue of Clio, the Greek muse of history and the lyre. The monument is called “Clio: Goddess of History—Genius of Peace Statue.