Statues, arches, monuments classified in Auvergne

Statue
63000 Clermont-Ferrand

The equestrian statue of Vercingetorix, a bronze work by Auguste Bartholdi (1903), dominates Jaude's square at Clermont-Ferrand. A Gaulish symbol of the 1st quarter of the 20th century, it celebrates the head arborne in front of the Romans.

63200 Riom

The monument to the dead of Riom, built in the first half of the 20th century, is a polychrome triumphal arch inspired by antiquity, located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. He paid tribute to the soldiers of the Great War.

03310 Néris-les-Bains

The monument to the dead of Néris-les-Bains, erected in the first half of the 20th century, is a carved tribute to the victims of war, located boulevard des Arenes, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Statue
43000 Le Puy-en-Velay

The statue Notre-Dame de France is a monumental 22.7-metre cast-iron Virgin erected at the Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire) between 1856 and 1860, a religious and historical symbol dominating the city from the Corneille rock.

15000 Aurillac

The Aurillac Memorial to the Dead, erected in the first half of the 20th century, is an imposing white lava stele located square Arsène-Vermenouze, paying homage to the 600 children of the city who died during the First World War.

15240 Vebret

The monument to the dead of Vebret, built at the beginning of the 20th century, is a monolithic edicle decorated with bas-relief bronze, located along departmental road 15, near the church of this village of Cantal.

63100 Clermont-Ferrand

The Carmes Cemetery Memorial, built in the first half of the 20th century in Clermont-Ferrand, is an architectural tribute to the soldiers who fell during the First World War, mixing Egyptian and Greek influences.

63130 Royat

The Memorial to the Dead and the Chapel of Remembrance of Royat, built in the first half of the 20th century, pay tribute to the soldiers of the First World War. This sculpted group and its neo-medieval chapel are located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.