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  6. Monument to the Dead of the 1914 - 1918 War

Monument to the Dead of the 1914 - 1918 War dans les Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes

Monument to the Dead of the 1914 - 1918 War

    1 Quai Rauba Capeu
    06300 Nice
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Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1826
Broadening the path of the Ponchettes
6 février 1923
Project approval
11 novembre 1924
Laying the first stone
29 janvier 1928
Inauguration by Marshal Foch
28 novembre 2000
20th Century Heritage Label
24 mai 2011
Classification of historical monuments
2018
Discovery of the reliquary
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

the entire monument, with its parvis, the "sacred wood" on both sides of it and the cliff of the castle rock, with its false cement rocks armed on a width corresponding to the parvis of the monument (see KN 33 ): classification by decree of 254 May 2011

Key figures

Roger Séassal - Architect Manufacturer of the monument, great prize of Rome.
Alfred Janniot - Sculptor Author of the high reliefs war and peace.
Maréchal Foch - Military and statesman Inaugurate the monument in 1928.
François Goiran - Mayor of Nice (1919) Decides to build in homage to the dead.

Origin and history

The monument to the dead of Rauba-Capèu, located in Nice on the seaside road, derives its name from a place where the wind is so strong that it "flies hats" (rauba capèu in Nice). It is erected on the old Ponchettes Road, expanded in 1826, connecting the Cours Saleya to the Lympia port. This site, once a career, is chosen to host the tribute to the 3,665 Niçois who died during the First World War.

The project, designed by the architect of Nice Roger Seassal (Grand Prix de Rome in 1913), was approved in 1923. The first stone was laid on November 11, 1924, and the 32-metre-high monument was inaugurated on January 29, 1928 by Marshal Foch. It is distinguished by its monumental urn containing the commemorative plaques, framed by two high reliefs of Alfred Janniot symbolizing war and peace. A sundial of 12 meters in diameter adorns the ground.

Ranked a historical monument in 2011 after an inscription in 2010, the monument also obtained the label "Twentieth Century Heritage" in 2000. In 2018, a Niçois eagle-shaped reliquary, containing an additional 2,000 plates, was discovered 20 metres high. This reliquary, not archived, reveals an unknown symbolic dimension of the monument, reinforcing its sacred and memorial character.

External links

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