Siege of Calais (1346–1347) was finally lost by the English monarch Mary I following the 1558 siege of Calais. The fall of Calais marked the capture of England's last possession in mainland France. In 1880, Calais commissioned a statue by Auguste Rodin of the town leaders at the moment of their surrender to Edward. The resulting work, "The Burghers of Calais", was completed in 1889. Siege of Calais (1346–1347) The Siege of Calais (4 September 1346 – 3 August 1347) occurred when an English army under the command of King Edward III of England successfully besieged the French garrison of Calais. It was an
Metropolitan France by French citizens living in foreign countries. Mainland France (French: "la France continentale"), or just "the mainland" (French: "le continent"), does not include the French islands in the Atlantic Ocean, English Channel or Mediterranean Sea, the largest of which is Corsica. In Corsica, people from the mainland part of Metropolitan France are referred to as "les continentaux". A casual synonym for the mainland part of Metropolitan France is "l'Hexagone" ("the Hexagon"), for its approximate shape, and the adjective "hexagonal" may be a casual synonym of French (usually understood as metropolitan only, except in topics related to the foreign affairs and