- Joseph Sec
Joseph Sec (1715-1794) was a
bourgeois , a Jacobite and agrey penitent "La Révolution en Provence, Images & Histoire", Cl. Badet, éd. A. Barthélemy, Avignon, 1989, page 63, ISBN 2-903044-5-1.] fromAix-en-Provence . He was a carpenter. [http://www.mairie-aixenprovence.fr/article.php3?id_article=2228 "Monument Joseph-Sec", Aix-en-Provence townhall.] ] .Joseph-Sec Mausoleum
In 1792, he completed a
cenotaph close to the Saint-Jacques hospital, and it was made amonument historique in 1969 [ [http://www.patrimoine-de-france.org/oeuvres/richesses-89-25690-170791.html "Mausolée Joseph-Sec", Patrimoine de France.] ] . Reminiscent of buildings from theFrench Revolution , it echoes theNew Testament andFreemasonry . Joseph Sec was probably helped by Barthélémy Chardigny, who seemingly made somebas-relief s.The mausoleum can be found at 8, avenue Pasteur, à Aix-en-Provence.
tatues on the Mausoleum
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