These pictures show the tomb, located in Montmartre Cemetière (30th section, number 4 in 20 Avenue Rachel, 75018, in Paris, France) where both André-Marie Ampère and his brother, Jean-Jacques, lay.
Above the marble inscription are located two bronze medallions portraying them, facing each other, sculpted by the French artist Gumery.
The epigraph referring to Andrè-Marie reads as follows:
“NE’ A LYON LE 21 JUIN 1775 / MORT A MARSEILLE LE 10 JUIN 1836 / MEMBRE DE L’ACCADEMIE DES SCIENCES / IL AJOUTA AUX CONNAISSANCES HUMAINES / DANS LES SCIENCES MATHEMATIMATIQUES, PHYSIQUES || METHAPYSIQES ET MORALES / IL CREA LA THEORIE ELECRODYNAMIQUE / IL ECRIVIT L’ESSAI / SUR LA PHYLOSOPHIE DES SCIENCES / DU VRAI CHRETIEN. || IL AIMA L”HUMAINE. IL FUT SIMPLE BON ET GRAND”
- Photos by: Rita La Marca and main text by Silvia Selvaggi (January 2019)
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