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Featured Memorial
| Site: | 9 | Rimbaud and Verlaine |
 
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| Address: | 1000 | rue des Brasseurs, 1 | |
| Credit: | Jean-Michel Pochet | ||
| Memorial map: | Grand Place | ||
| Memorial: | Rimbaud and Verlaine | |
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« Il faut être absolument moderne »
ICI S’ÉLEVAIT L’HOTEL « À LA VILLE DE COURTRAI », OÙ, LE 10 JUILLET 1873, PAUL VERLAINE BLESSA ARTHUR RIMBAUD D’UN COUP DE REVOLVER. PLAQUE RÉALISÉE PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ FRANCAISE DE BELGIQUE À L’OCCASION DU CENTENAIRE DE LA MORT D’ARTHUR RIMBAUD - 10 NOVE ... full text |
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"It’s necessary to be absolutely modern"
Here stood the mansion "The Town of Courtrai", where, on 10 July 1873, Paul Verlaine wounded Arthur Rimbaud with a shot from a revolver. Plaque placed by the Belgian French Community on the centenary of the death of Arthur Rimbaud - 10 November 199 ... full text |
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| Type: | Plaque | |
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Chosen as our featured memorial in July 2004. The decadent relationship lived by this outrageous pair has left a trail of plaques across London and Brussels. Start your virtual journey in their footsteps right here.
Verlaine and Rimbaud had a homosex ... full text |
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| Erected by: | The Belgian French Community | |
| Subjects Commemorated: 2. Displayed as : List of names, Pictures, no list |
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| Arthur Rimbaud | 1854 | 1891 | Poetry & Song, Seriously Famous |
| Paul Verlaine | 1844 | 1896 | Poetry & Song, Seriously Famous |
| Memorial Creators: none known |