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Monument to the dead à Savoyeux en Haute-Saône

Haute-Saône

Monument to the dead


    70130 Savoyeux
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Timeline

Haut Moyen Âge
Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1000
1100
…
2000
1915-10-15
Injuries by René Outhenin-Chalandre
1915-11-11
Death of René Outhenin-Chalandre
1921-09-25
Opening of the monument
2022-12-19
Classification of the monument
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The monument to the dead, in whole, located at the crossing of the rue de la Montée and the rue de Dampierre, sitting on an uncadastered plot, contiguous to Parcel 286 of section AB, as delimited in red on the plan annexed to the decree: inscription by order of 19 December 2022

Key figures

René Outhenin-Chalandre - Warrant Officer, 12th Alpine Fighter Battalion Probably inspired by the monument, which died in 1915.
Marie-Louise Regad - Sponsor of the monument Wife of Gaston Outhenin-Chalandre, offered the work.
Albert Pasche - Sculptor of the monument Author of the work, trained in Fine Arts.
Gaston Outhenin-Chalandre - Industrial and Senator Father of René, husband of Marie-Louise.

Origin and history

The Savoyeux Memorial to the Dead, inaugurated on September 25, 1921, is a symbolic work depicting an injured alpine hunter hanging on a ruined wall. This soldier, holding his rifle with his left hand, embodies confidence and serenity despite the trials. A model of the monument, preserved by the descendants of the Outhenin-Chalandre family, leaves a doubt: is it a portrait of René Outhenin-Chalandre, son of the local employer family? The uniform and iconography evoke the circumstances of his death in 1915 during the Great War.

This monument commemorates the 19 inhabitants of Savoyeux who fell during the conflict. It is ordered and offered to the commune by Marie-Louise Regad, wife of Gaston Outhenin-Chalandre, industrialist and former senator of Haute-Saône. Their son, René, adjutant to the 12th Battalion of Alpine Fighters, died on 11 November 1915 as a result of injuries sustained in combat. The choice of location, between the working-class city and the family castle, highlights the link between collective memory and the industrial history of the village.

The construction of the monument was entrusted to the sculptor Albert Pasche (1873-1947), trained at the Beaux-Arts de Besançon and Paris. Professor and member of the Salon des artistes français, Pasche is recognized for works such as Ariane Abandonée (1903) or the Funeral Monument of Clarisse Bourdeney (1909). The monument, entirely classified in 2022, stands at the intersection of the streets of the Montée and Dampierre, marking the local history and sacrifice of the Savoyeux soldiers.

Since the 19th century, Savoyeux has been shaped by the paper factory of the Outhenin-Chalandre family, founder of a working town and owner of the castle transformed into a employers' house. The factory, enlarged several times (1865, 1890), symbolizes the industrial influence of the family on the village. The monument to the dead, by its location and its sponsor, embodies both the private mourning of a family and the collective memory of a community marked by war.

External links

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