War memorial (Arcachon)
The war memorial in Arcachon , a French commune in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , was inaugurated on November 11, 1924. The war memorial on Place Verdun is classified as a Monument historique .
After a competition, the sculptor Alexandre Maspoli (1875–1943) from Lyon received the order for the war memorial in memory of the 258 fallen during the First World War from Arcachon . On a mighty pedestal with the names of the dead rises a stone substructure depicting mourners. A female figure stands on it, symbolizing victorious France.
After 1945, the names of those who died in World War II and the Indochina War were also placed on the memorial.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , p. 51.
Web links
Commons : War Memorial (Arcachon) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monument aux morts d'Arcachon in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 44 ° 39 ′ 29.88 " N , 1 ° 9 ′ 41" W.