Registration for Historic Monuments 29 juillet 2022 (≈ 2022)
Official protection of the monument by arrest.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The monument to the dead of the war 1914-1918 says to the Forains, in total, located Place du Boulingrin, on the public domain not cadastral: inscription by decree of 29 July 2022
Origin and history
The Monument to the Dead of the War 1914-1918 is a memorial building located in Rouen, Normandy. He pays tribute to the victims of the First World War, with a specific name evoking fora, although its exact origin and iconography are not detailed in the available sources. This monument is located in Place du Boulingrin, in a non-cadaster public space, and its official address is listed in the Mérimée base under the code Insee 76540, corresponding to the commune of Rouen in the Seine-Maritime.
The monument was included in the inventory of Historic Monuments by an order of 29 July 2022, thus marking its heritage recognition. The accuracy of its location is assessed as satisfactory a priori (level 6 of 10), with an approximate GPS address indicating the 56 Rampe Saint-Hilaire. Owned by the commune of Rouen, this monument is part of an urban context where tributes to soldiers who died in world conflicts occupy a symbolic place, reflecting local and national history.
Monuments to the dead, erected massively after 1918, play a central social and memorial role in French cities. In Rouen, a city marked by its industrial and port history, these buildings recall the sacrifice of the inhabitants and reinforce community cohesion around collective memory. Their presence in public space, such as that of the Forains, demonstrates the importance attached to the transmission of history to subsequent generations, although details of its design or creators remain absent from the accessible archives.
