Monument to Victory and the Soldiers of Verdun

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Monument to Victory and the Soldiers of Verdun, War memorial in Verdun, France

The Monument to Victory and the Soldiers of Verdun features a 30-meter pyramidal tower topped with a warrior statue looking east toward the battlefield.

The monument, inaugurated in 1929, commemorates the French tactical victory and the 300,000 soldiers who perished during the Battle of Verdun in 1916.

The central waterfall dividing the monumental staircase represents renewal, connecting the lower town at rue Mazel to the upper town at Place de la Libération.

The memorial stands at 50 Rue Mazel in Verdun, providing visitors with inscriptions detailing military accomplishments and messages of remembrance from the Great War.

A large warrior figure stands at the monument's summit, holding a sword while maintaining an eternal vigilance over the former battlegrounds of World War I.

Location: Verdun

Inception: 1929

Creator: Jean Boucher, Léon Chesnay, Louis-Alfred Berthemy, Jean Prouvé, Gustave Leblanc-Barbedienne

Official opening: March 23, 1929

Address: place de la Libération

GPS coordinates: 49.16123,5.38387

Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:48

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