Monument to Général Gouraud, Military monument in square d'Ajaccio, Paris, France.

The Monument to Général Gouraud is a light stone bust of a moustached man in a high-collared military tunic with a row of round buttons, two flapped breast pockets and a medal on the left chest. One hand holds a flat object against his side, the other rests on a sword or cane. The bust sits on a rectangular pedestal with a moulded top edge, engraved "GENERAL HENRI", among green and dark red foliage.

The bust of Henri Gouraud, a career officer wounded at Gallipoli and later commander in the Levant, was made by the sculptor Laure de Noves and stands in the 7th arrondissement. Gouraud served as military governor of Damascus and high commissioner in Syria in the early 1920s, and was elected to the Académie Française in 1929.

The stone bust carries the engraved name "GENERAL HENRI" on its pedestal, so passersby read the identification directly on the monument. It stands among dense green and dark red foliage in the 7th arrondissement, near the Invalides, where the military past of the district is displayed in several monuments.

The square is easily reached on foot from the Invalides and sits in an established tourist area with good infrastructure. Access is available from all sides, and visitors can comfortably explore the surroundings to view multiple historical monuments in succession.

Gouraud was not only a military commander but also a member of the Académie Française, revealing his intellectual side beyond military service. This dual role shows how France's leaders often combined soldiering with scholarly pursuits.