Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
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Apr 13, 2020 · Standing 26 feet tall, the bronze statue of Bienville was cast in Paris. On Bienville’s left is a figure of Father Athanase Douay, the monk who accompanied Bienville on his expedition here.
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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist lə mwan də bjɛ̃vil]; / l ə ˈ m ɔɪ n d ə b i ˈ ɛ n v ɪ l /; February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767), also known as Sieur de Bienville, was a French-Canadian colonial administrator in New France.
Oct 1, 2013 · A version of Bienville's disc tattoo is also seen in Julian Rayford's 1974 sculpture of an Alabama native American, which hangs on the entrance to the George Wallace tunnel. Jean-Baptiste...
Jul 14, 2009 · [On base of statue]: Jean Baptiste LeMoyne de Bienville born Montreal, February 23, 1680 died Paris, March 7, 1767 Founder of New Orleans 1717 with homage of Louisiana * Canada * France Erected 1955 by Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial Commission. Topics.
Apr 26, 2020 · He is known to have been the founder of New Orleans. He was the younger brother of explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. ( visit link) The bronze monument was sculpted by Angela Gregory and was first erected at the Bienville Plaza near the New Orleans train station in April 1955.
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (baptized Feb. 23, 1680, Montreal, New France [now in Canada]—died March 7, 1767, Paris, Fr.) was a French explorer, colonial governor of Louisiana, and founder of New Orleans. Jean-Baptiste was the eighth son of Canadian pioneer Charles Le Moyne.
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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, né le 23 février 1680 à Montréal (Nouvelle-France) et mort le 7 mars 1767 à Paris (paroisse Saint-Eustache), appelé aussi Sieur de Bienville ou encore Lemoine de Bienville, est un explorateur français de Montréal, deuxième gouverneur de la Louisiane.
