Monument to the Austrian grenadier, Bronze memorial statue on the Boscoverde rocky spur, Tarvisio, Italy

The monument to the Austrian grenadier is a bronze statue by Josef Valentin Kassin, erected in 1909 on a rocky spur at Boscoverde near the Slizza stream. It faces west so the grenadier looks toward the valley from which the French army came. The stone base has bronze plaques listing Habsburg units and stone reliefs with the battle dates 1797, 1809 and 1813 plus the coat of arms of the Duchy of Carinthia. The soldier wears a long coat and crested helmet, with backpack, canteen and a rifle with bayonet in his right hand.

Erected in 1909 for the centenary of the 1809 Battle of Tarvisio, the monument recalls the Val Canale campaigns between Napoleonic France and the Habsburg armies. It honours soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The site passed to the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1805 and returned to Austria after 1814–1815.

The monument's German name, Habsburgisches Kriegerdenkmal, and its Slovene name, Spomenik habsburškemu bojevniku, reflect the multilingual Val Canale. The bronze figure of a grenadier in long coat and crested helmet, with rifle and bayonet, is the detail visitors notice first.

The monument stands on a rocky spur at Boscoverde, a short distance from the Slizza stream, not at the railway station. It faces west so the grenadier looks down the valley toward the direction the French army came from. Reaching the spur means leaving the station area and following the road toward Boscoverde.

The monument faces west so the grenadier looks toward the direction the French army came from. On its west facade, stone reliefs give the dates 1797, 1809 and 1813, with the coat of arms of the Duchy of Carinthia.