 The statue, erected in 1858 on the occasion of the visit of Napoleon III, recalls the importance of the Emperor in the expansion of Cherbourg.Around this emblematic monument of the city, registered in August 2006 and classified as an historic monument on 31 January 2008, extends the "Plage verte", the old artificial beach until the postwar period, which runs along the marina.The monument of the Duke of Berry, in the "Place de la République", commemorates the landing of the son of the future Charles X, back in France on the British frigate "Eurotas" on 13 April 1814, after the fall of the Empire.