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The Legion of Honour is a national order of France, meaning a public incorporated body. The Legion is regulated by a civil law code, the "Code of the Legion of Honour and of the Military Medal".
- Excellent civil or military conduct, delivered, upon official investigation
- Honneur et patrie ("Honour and Fatherland")
- 19 May 1802
- President of France
Legion of Honor is one of the two museums that make up San Francisco’s largest public arts institution. It showcases European paintings, contemporary art, African art, and more.
The Legion of Honor, formally known as the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, is an art museum in San Francisco, California. Located in Lincoln Park, the Legion of Honor is a component of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which also administers the de Young Museum.
- 1924
- Art museum
12. Apr. 2024 · Legion of Honour, premier order of the French republic, created by Napoleon Bonaparte, then first consul, on May 19, 1802, as a general military and civil order of merit conferred without regard to birth or religion provided that anyone admitted swears to uphold liberty and equality.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The work of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) lies at the heart of the Legion of Honor. His art is in evidence as soon as visitors arrive at the museum, where the massive statue “The...
A neoclassical building that overlooks the Golden Gate Bridge, the Legion of Honor is a Fine Arts Museum with a vast collection of artworks from 4000 years of history. See paintings, sculptures, photographs and organs by European and American artists, including Rodin's The Thinker. Learn about the history of the museum and its namesake, the Legion of Honor, a group of Californian soldiers who died in World War I.
11. Nov. 2022 · Learn how the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco was built as a gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels to honor the memory of the California men who died in France during World War I. Discover its French neoclassical architecture, its French painting collection, its pipe organ, and its Book of Gold.
