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Genève
Genève (Canton)

Rue de Lausanne
(Parc Mon-Repos)

Monument aux Morts

War Memorial

Carl-Albert Angst
1921

Description

Tomb with on the front a text flanked by a relief of two soldiers.

Inscription(s)

AVX SOLDATS
DE GENÈVE MORTS
AV SERVICE DE LA
PATRIE
1914 [ihs] 1918

1939-1945

érigé
par
souscription nationale
inaugure le 9 janvier 1921
transporte ici en 1937

Annotation

Inaugurated 9 January 1921 on a different location in the Parc Mon-Repos.

Sculptor

Carl-Albert Angst (Genève 1875 - Genève 1965), Swiss sculptor (SIKART Lexikon).

Sources & Information

Journal de Genève, 10 January 1921 (through Archives Historiques Le Temps).

Locatie (N 46°13'7" - E 6°9'5") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chge045; Photograph: 5 June 2013
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