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English[en]
This sculpture represents one of the six burghers who, according to Jean Froissart surrendered themselves in 1347, at the beginning of the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453), in order to save the inhabitants of the French city of Calais from the English laying siege to the city.
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Los borgeses de Calais (en francés, Les Bourgeois de Calais) es una escultura que presenta sièis borgeses que en 1347, al començament de la Guèrra de Cent Ans (1337-1453), decidiguèron d'ofrir lor vida per salvar los abitants de la vila francesa, assetjada, de Calais.