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Inauguration of the municipal college of Neuchâtel
| Location | Switzerland (1848-date) |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | A detailed relief view of the Neuchâtel municipal college building occupies the central field, depicted in three-quarter perspective with the engraver's name F. LANDRY inscribed below in the exergue. A circular legend arching around the upper portion names the institution and records its inauguration date, while the lower legend along the rim notes the laying of the first stone on 22 October 1866. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features five lines of bold raised text in the central field, with a small floral ornament at the base. A circular legend running along the inner rim, inverted at the bottom, frames the central inscription with two complementary aphorisms on education and democracy. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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