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| Keywords: Apotheosis-of-saint-louis.jpg This statue of King Louis IX of France the namesake of St Louis Missouri is located in front of the Saint Louis Art Museum The image of this statue of the king on a horse was widely used as a graphical symbol of the City of St Louis It is sometimes still used as such though the Gateway Arch has mostly assumed that role The original plaster model for this statue stood at the entrance to the 1904 Worlds Fair in Forest Park After the fair the statue was cast in bronze by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company and presented to the city as part of the restoration of the park after the fair The statue was cleaned in 1977 and restored in 1999 The inverted sword held up as a cross was replaced after being broken or stolen in 1970 1972 1977 and 1981 http //stlouis missouri org/citygov/parks/forestpark/history/statue html Charles Niehaus 1903 Dedicated October 4 1906 http //siris-artinventories si edu/ipac20/ipac jsp session 1Q35G49V71304 4568 profile ariall source ~ siartinventories view subscriptionsummary uri full 3100001~ 1612~ 3 ri 1 aspect Browse menu search ipp 20 spp 20 staffonly term Religion+--+Saint+--+St +Louis index SUBJX uindex aspect Browse menu search ri 1 http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Image Apotheosis-of-saint-louis jpg http //www flickr com/photos/cfaulkingham/19384712/ other versions Colin faulkingham PD-old-auto-1923 1935 Original upload log page en wikipedia Apotheosis-of-saint-louis jpg 2004-11-15 01 47 Colin faulkingham 526×800× 289194 bytes <nowiki>Apotheosis Of St Louis</nowiki> Apotheosis of St Louis St Louis Missouri | ||||
