Ten months after the horrific events that befell French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, the French town of La Rochelle has commemorated two of the slain artists by immortalizing them in the form of stone gargoyles on the newly renovated 12th century Tour de la Lanterne.The renovation was supposed to restore the original color of the tower and replace its cement joints. Two gargoyles were also set to be replaced, and Philipe Villeneuve, chief architect of the renovation project, found it the perfect opportunity to “pay tribute to…all the threatened artists in the world.” Jean Cabut (known simply as Cabu) and Georges Wolinski now grace the northeast and southwest sides of the tower, respectively.
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