Sculpture of pilot Roland Garros (Paris)

France / Ile-de-France / Issy-les-Moulineaux / Paris
 memorial, bust (sculpture)
The sports complex for tennis in Paris is named after the aviator Roland Garros (one of the first French aviators and a pilot of a military plane during the First World War) (while studying in Paris, Garros regularly played tennis at the sports center "Stade français", in which in 1928 the stadium bearing his name was built), where the French Open, a tournament traditionally called Roland Garros, is held:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Garros_(aviator)

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Coordinates:   48°50'51"N   2°15'1"E
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