In 1956, this 23 foot statue of Apollo was unveiled in Place Massena, a large square in Nice, France. However, the League of Feminine Virtue was aghast and campaigned to have it removed. In 2011, the French became more accepting. So, the Greek god of music, poetry and art by artist Alfred Auguste Janniot was reinstalled in the Fontaine du Soleil in front of the red ochre building of Caisse D’epargne Côte d’Azur, the French Riviera’s largest financial institution.
