Rennes-les-Bains Paul Smith 01.08.2021
A statue of Venus was reportedly discovered by Abbé Henri Boudet in Rennes-les-Bains (he was an amateur archaeologist), and it was reported that the priest did not have a good opinion of this relic due to his sexual prudery. It was reportedly sold to America.
“Boudet, at the beginning of the century ..... found a very beautiful statue of Venus, but he found this statue “demonic” and did not want to preserve it – an archaeologist from Beziers took it. It was later sold in America. (Information collected by the painter, Mrs. Martin-Duclos, of Rennes-les-Bains). M. Certain (Mémoires de la Société des Arts et des Sciences, Carcassonne, 3rd series, t. VII) also reported: 40 years ago, the cure of Rennes-les-Bains, M. Boudet, found in the excavations made at (maison Chaluleau) a statue of Venus.”
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