La Consulaire, Bronze cannon monument in Brest, France

La Consulaire is a 6.58-metre bronze cannon set upright as a column on a stepped granite pedestal in the Brest Arsenal. The weathered turquoise barrel, cast with a bore of 27 cm, carries horizontal bands at its base and a fluted, bell-shaped muzzle at the top. A carved bronze panel on the pedestal front shows a radiating motif.

The cannon was cast in the 16th century and originally known as Baba Merzoug in Algeria. It arrived in Brest in 1833 following the French conquest of Algiers.

The cannon was nicknamed La Consulaire after it was used in 1683 to execute the French consul Jean Le Vacher, a Lazarist priest, in reprisal for an attack by Admiral Duquesne's fleet that killed over 1,800 people. The name, from the French for consul, was given by both Algerians and the French. The bronze panel on the pedestal shows a radiating motif.

The cannon is located within the Brest military arsenal grounds and can be viewed from outside. The site is easily accessible and provides good views of the gun and its detailed bronze reliefs.

The barrel carries an Arabic inscription, "es-Sultan Selim Khan", which led a 2022 study to argue it was cast in Constantinople under Selim I rather than in Algiers. The muzzle is flared to 32.5 cm across for a depth of 45 cm. Since the late 1990s Algerian associations have asked for its return.