Pere-Lachaise's Cemetery:
Victor Noir was a 19th-century journalist (1858-1870), shot in a duel for having either criticized (or perhaps cuckolded) the nephew of Napoleon III. The statue on his tomb, by Dalor, shows him as he fell. In life, he enjoyed a reputation as a playboy; in death, he has become a fertility symbol. The characteristic statue lying on the tomb of Victor Noir has a protuberance under his trousers, which women seeking to fall in love or bear children routinely touch or rub for luck!
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