Ακολουθεί Αγγλικό κείμενο απο την Διεθνή Ομοσπονδία Δρόμων μεγάλων αποστάσεων και Μαραθωνίων AIMSWORLDRUNNING σχετικά με το εγχείρημα της αναστήλωσης και ανακαίνισης του τάφου του Φιλλέληνα Μισέλ Μπρεάλ, πριν απο περίπου 3 χρόνια απο τη δισέγγονη του Katherine Brunt και την εγγονή της Henrietta Parsons, το οποίο απαιτούσε ένα ποσόν της τάξεως των 3160 euros. Σε συνεργασία με την AIMS που δώρισε ένα ποσόν 2.000 ευρώ όπως και ένα ισόποσο ποσόν απο την IAAF το εγχείρημα της ανακαίνισης έγινε πραγματικότητα.
Apprised of this, two years ago the descendants of Breal,
Katherine Brunt (89) Breal\'s great-granddaughter and her daughter
Henrietta Parsons, obtained a quote for the work required amounting to
3610 Euros
Michel Bréal
©Sportmuseum Berlin – AIMS Marathon-Museum of Running
18 May: At a meeting held immediately following the
19th World Congress of AIMS the AIMS Board decided to grant 2000
Euros (c.$2500) for the restoration of the tomb of Michel Breal.
These funds will be matched by an equal contribution from IAAF.
Michel Breal (1835-1915) was the man who proposed the Marathon as an official event within the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. The Marathon as we know it sprang directly from this proposal that Breal made to the founder of the Modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin.
In 2009 Prof Hans Giessen, the Vice-President of the Michel Breal Society (based in Landau, Germany, Breal's birthplace) was in Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris and saw a sign on Breal's tomb saying that the tomb was in "a state of abandonment" and was in the process of being "reclaimed”. Being reclaimed seems to mean the plot being reclaimed and, amazing as it may sound, the grave bulldozed.
Prof. Giessen wrote to the Conservateur of the Ville de Paris asking if they could not maintain the grave of such an illustrious French citizen (who was a famous philologist, reputedly founding the discipline of Semantics and founding two schools). The answer was a firm no: that it was the duty of the family to maintain the tomb (to which Breal was the last addition).
Apprised of this, two years ago the descendants of Breal, Katherine Brunt (89) Breal's great-granddaughter and her daughter Henrietta Parsons, obtained a quote for the work required amounting to 3610 Euros. This included fixing the cracked marble plinth upon which the tomb stands (cited by the Conservateur as a health and safety hazard) and cleaning of the gravestone itself. The costs split 2600/1000 between these operations but both are required by the Conservateur.
The family sought assistance from official bodies, and although 1500 Euros was offered, this was dependent upon a time limit which has recently expired. The joint funding from AIMS and IAAF secures an important element of the Marathon's patrimony for future generations.
Michel Breal (1835-1915) was the man who proposed the Marathon as an official event within the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. The Marathon as we know it sprang directly from this proposal that Breal made to the founder of the Modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin.
In 2009 Prof Hans Giessen, the Vice-President of the Michel Breal Society (based in Landau, Germany, Breal's birthplace) was in Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris and saw a sign on Breal's tomb saying that the tomb was in "a state of abandonment" and was in the process of being "reclaimed”. Being reclaimed seems to mean the plot being reclaimed and, amazing as it may sound, the grave bulldozed.
Prof. Giessen wrote to the Conservateur of the Ville de Paris asking if they could not maintain the grave of such an illustrious French citizen (who was a famous philologist, reputedly founding the discipline of Semantics and founding two schools). The answer was a firm no: that it was the duty of the family to maintain the tomb (to which Breal was the last addition).
Apprised of this, two years ago the descendants of Breal, Katherine Brunt (89) Breal's great-granddaughter and her daughter Henrietta Parsons, obtained a quote for the work required amounting to 3610 Euros. This included fixing the cracked marble plinth upon which the tomb stands (cited by the Conservateur as a health and safety hazard) and cleaning of the gravestone itself. The costs split 2600/1000 between these operations but both are required by the Conservateur.
The family sought assistance from official bodies, and although 1500 Euros was offered, this was dependent upon a time limit which has recently expired. The joint funding from AIMS and IAAF secures an important element of the Marathon's patrimony for future generations.
Source: AIMSworldrunning.org
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