Norodom I

Photos by Sybren Kalkman

The story that this statue originally was a statue of Napoleon III whose head had been replaced by that of King Norodom is most probably incorrect. The statue has been gifted by France to King Norodom in 1876. Napoleon III died in exile in 1873, having been overthrown in 1870 following France’s disastrous defeat against the Germans. Therefore it is  unlikely that a statue of Napoleon III  would have been commissioned in 1875  to Adolphe Eude, who casted the statue in 1875. (source: Michelle Vachon, 2016)

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