Monument to the Dead and the Children of Verdun

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Monument to the Dead and the Children of Verdun

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Monument to the Dead and the Children of Verdun

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Location: Great East, France

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November 16, 2023

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The monument is located on the east bank of the Meuse, in front of Japiot Park, next to Porte Chaussée. Built in 1928, it stands on the site of the military butchery destroyed in 1916. The monument is composed of five figures representing the five corps of the army engaged during the battle of 1916: a horseman, an engineer, a territorial , an infantryman and an artilleryman.

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Willem VS

May 15, 2025

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Inaugurated in 1928, this war memorial in Verdun honours the city’s inhabitants who died for France in both world wars. It was built on the remains of a military butcher’s shop, on the crescent of the Chaussée, a 17th-century fortification. The sculpture depicts five soldiers – a cavalier, an engineer, an infantryman (poilu), an artilleryman and a territorial – forming a symbolic wall under the motto of Verdun: “On ne passe pas”.

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Michael

June 29, 2022

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Built in 1928, the monument to the dead and children of Verdun rests on the crescent-shaped chaussée built in the 17th century by order of Marshal Vauban. It stands on …

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