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<p>This statue of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_IX&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Louis IX (page does not exist)">King Louis IX</a> of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, the namesake of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a>, is located in front of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Louis_Art_Museum&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Louis Art Museum (page does not exist)">Saint Louis Art Museum</a>.  The image of this statue of the king on a horse was widely used as a graphical symbol of the City of St. Louis.  It is sometimes still used as such, though the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_National_Expansion_Memorial" class="mw-redirect" title="Jefferson National Expansion Memorial">Gateway Arch</a> has mostly assumed that role. 
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The original plaster model for this statue stood at the entrance to the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition" title="Louisiana Purchase Exposition">1904 Worlds Fair</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forest_Park_(St._Louis)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Forest Park (St. Louis) (page does not exist)">Forest Park</a>.  After the fair the statue was cast in bronze by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company and presented to the city as part of the restoration of the park after the fair.  The statue was cleaned in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a> and restored in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a>.  The inverted sword, held up as a cross, was replaced after being broken or stolen in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/1970" title="1970">1970</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a>, and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981">1981</a>.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/parks/forestpark/history/statue.html">[1]</a></div>
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<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Niehaus&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Niehaus (page does not exist)">Charles Niehaus</a></div>
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/1903" title="1903">1903</a>. Dedicated October 4, 1906.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1Q35G49V71304.4568&amp;profile=ariall&amp;source=~!siartinventories&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!1612~!3&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=Browse&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=20&amp;spp=20&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=Religion+--+Saint+--+St.+Louis&amp;index=SUBJX&amp;uindex=&amp;aspect=Browse&amp;menu=search&amp;ri=1">[2]</a>
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