“Louisville will get a statue of King Louis XVI from her sister city, Montpellier, France, if arrangements for transportation can be worked out. A representative of the Montpellier mayor discussed the ...

The French royal namesakes of our city and state — Philippe II, the Duke of Orleans, and King Louis XV — never set foot in what would become New Orleans or Louisiana. But a great-grandson of Philippe ...

Local leaders in Louisville, Ky. are trying to figure out what to do with a statue of its namesake, King Louis XVI of France, nearly four years after it was moved into storage. The 200-year-old statue ...

Louisville is wrestling over what to do with a statue of its colonial namesake. It has been in storage since it was vandalized in 2020. Museums and the public are hesitant to put it back on display.

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