French World War memorials
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French World War memorials are monuments and memorial sites across France dedicated to commemorating those who served and died in the First and Second World Wars.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| French national remembrance sites | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commemorative monument
ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ war memorial ⓘ |
| associatedCeremony |
Armistice Day commemorations
ⓘ
Victory in Europe Day commemorations ⓘ |
| commemoratesConflict |
World War I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonInscription |
"Morts pour la France"
ⓘ
"À nos morts" ⓘ |
| commonSymbol |
Gallic rooster
ⓘ
Marianne NERFINISHED ⓘ cross ⓘ eternal flame ⓘ laurel wreath ⓘ poilu (French infantryman) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
French soldiers
ⓘ
World War I casualties ⓘ World War II casualties ⓘ civilians killed in war ⓘ members of the French Resistance ⓘ unknown soldiers ⓘ |
| governedBy | French Ministry of Culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableExample |
Douaumont Ossuary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hartmannswillerkopf National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ Mont Valérien memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ Mémorial de Caen NERFINISHED ⓘ Mémorial de Verdun NERFINISHED ⓘ Mémorial de la France combattante NERFINISHED ⓘ Mémorial de la Shoah (Paris) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mémorial de la bataille de la Marne NERFINISHED ⓘ Mémorial de la bataille de la Somme NERFINISHED ⓘ Mémorial de l’Alsace-Moselle NERFINISHED ⓘ Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation in Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ Mémorial du débarquement de Provence NERFINISHED ⓘ Notre-Dame-de-Lorette French National Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | French Republican symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | protected heritage site (for many examples) ⓘ |
| mainLocation | French communes ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
local communes
ⓘ
veterans associations ⓘ |
| periodOfConstruction |
after 1918
ⓘ
after 1945 ⓘ |
| purpose |
collective remembrance
ⓘ
commemoration of war dead ⓘ patriotic education ⓘ |
| typicalForm |
cenotaph
ⓘ
memorial plaque ⓘ monumental sculpture ⓘ |
| typicalLanguageOfInscriptions | French GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalMaterial |
bronze
ⓘ
marble ⓘ stone ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.