# Les Gavroches (street urchins)

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Les Gavroches (street urchins) stands in Malta as Antonio Sciortino’s bronze group of three young boys. Barefoot and dressed in tattered clothes, they lean forward with defiant yet vulnerable expressions. Inspired by Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, the figures face hardship together while keeping their fierce independence. Their close formation suggests protection, even as each boy appears ready to endure the world alone.

Rough bronze follows every crease in their clothing, every tense line across their bodies, and every strained expression. Sciortino gives the children the posture of survivors who have grown up before their time. Their side-by-side stance turns hardship into a shared experience without softening the poverty shown. Three young faces remain fixed in that uneasy balance between resilience, vulnerability and belonging.

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## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_Les_Gavroches_street_urchins_69f4cd20944e0835c84faa8e_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_-_Valletta_-_Upper_Barrakka_Gardens_32_Terraced_Arches_1661_-_Les_Gavroches_\(replica\)_1904_by_Antonio_Sciortino.jpg)
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