Foto de stock - Burghers of Calais, Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, Westminster, Greater London, 1945-1980. The Burghers of Calais sculpture cast in bronze by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), with the Houses of Parliament in the background. Calais fell to Edward III of England in 1347, after a siege of almost a year. Six citizens offered their lives to save the town but were spared when Edward?s wife Philippa intervened. The sculpture dates from 1895, althugh it was not placed in this positiion until 1915.

Imagen: Burghers of Calais, Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, Westminster, Greater London, 1945-1980. The Burghers of Calais sculpture cast in bronze by Auguste Rodin.

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