Tombe du Dragon, Monument sculpture in Père Lachaise Cemetery, France
The Dragon Tomb features a veiled woman kneeling near a funeral urn at the base of a stone stele with detailed inscriptions.
Built in 1809, this monument honors Antoine de Guillaume-Lagrange, a French dragon cavalry soldier who died during military operations in Poland.
The monument represents early 19th-century French funerary art and contains Latin inscriptions expressing maternal grief through allegorical representations.
The Dragon Tomb stands in section 29 of Père Lachaise Cemetery, at coordinates 48.859026, 2.395492, near a grove named Dragon Grove.
This tomb marks the first sculptural monument erected in Père Lachaise Cemetery and received protection as a classified historical monument.
Location: 20th arrondissement of Paris
Inception: 1809
Creator: Étienne-Hippolyte Godde
GPS coordinates: 48.85903,2.39549
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:45
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