Memorial to the Soldiers and Sailors who died during the Siege of Paris 1870-71, War memorial in Père Lachaise Cemetery, France.
This memorial is a stone monument located in Père Lachaise Cemetery honoring soldiers and sailors who died during the siege. The structure measures approximately 12 meters in length and width, standing about 6.50 meters tall, and incorporates granite, bluestone, and cast iron materials.
The memorial was completed in 1879 and commemorates those who died when the city was surrounded by enemy forces from 1870 to 1871. This period was crucial in shaping France's identity and its tradition of honoring the fallen.
Until World War I, families hung framed mourning photographs, bouquets of immortelles and tricolour ribbons veiled with crêpe on the memorial's iron grille. Amédée Fraigneau described this in Le Monde moderne in 1896, noting the names of victims from Senegal, Tunisia, Sudan, Tonkin and Madagascar.
The memorial stands in the 64th division of Père-Lachaise, in the first row, next to the monument to the National Guards killed at Buzenval. Its plot is a 12-metre square enclosed by a simple cast-iron grille. Enter the cemetery from the main gate on Boulevard de Ménilmontant and follow the signs toward division 64.
Until World War I, families hung framed mourning photographs, bouquets of immortelles and tricolour ribbons veiled in crêpe on the memorial's iron grille. Amédée Fraigneau described the scene in Le Monde moderne in 1896, noting the names of victims from Senegal, Tunisia, Sudan, Tonkin and Madagascar.
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