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Huy
Liège (province)

Parc de l'Avenue Delchambre
(Square Lucien Henrion)

Mémorial des deux guerres

Monument of Two Wars

Edmond Falise & C. Thys
1920s

Description

Stone statue of a soldier and an angel, forming one part with the pedestal. On the front is a portrait medaillon of king Albert I. On the back side is the coat of arms of the town of Huy in a laurel wreath.

Huy - Mémorial des deux guerres

Inscription(s)

1914
1918
1940
1945

GLOIRE
A NOS
HEROS

plutot
mourir
de franche
volonte
que du pays
perdre la liberte

Signature

(monument) E. Falise Stat. | C. Thys Sculpt.
(portrait medaillon) e. falise

Annotation

Originally, it was called 'Monument de la Victoire' and was a World War I monument, with dates 1914-1918. The dates 1940-1945 and the portrait medaillon were added later.

Sculptors

Edmond Falise (Huy 1873 - Liège 1948), Belgian sculptor
C. Thys, Belgian sculptor.

Sources & Information

Bel-Memorial, Huy - Monument de la Victoire.
Statues de Huy, Archive.is or Webarchive.

Locatie (N 50°31'19" - E 5°14'25") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: belg020; Photograph: 3 May 2015
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