Sables-d'Olonne plans to install a three-meter-high statue of Ulysses in the bay. The mayor sees it as a way of celebrating values inherited from the past.
Opponents are concerned about the price and the environmental impact of this immense bronze sculpture. The seaside resort had already faced controversy over another statue, that of Saint-Michel, which it ultimately had to move 13 meters last September, in the name of secularism.