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The Monument to the dead of Philippeville was erected in 1922 in front of the church of Saint-Philippe in Philippeville (now Skikda, Algeria), then department of Constantine. Designed by sculptor Camille Alaphilippe, it represents a winged Victoire surrounded by soldiers, including "indigenous troops", with details such as horses and camels. The marble plates, copied during repatriation, list 478 soldiers from Philippeville and 66 others from the neighbouring communes (El-Arrouch, Gastonville, etc.).

Inaugurated in 1926, the monument was dismantled after Algeria's independence in 1962. The central bronze decoration and commemorative plates were transported by boat to Toulouse, a twin town with Philippeville via the Haute-Garonne. Recomposed in the cemetery of Salonique (annex of Terre-Cabade), he faces the crypt of the 1,706 hairy, highlighting his role as a memorial shared between France and Algeria.

Ranked a historic monument on September 17, 2019, this high relief is part of a series of 42 protected dead monuments in Occitanie since 2018. Its allegorical style and its migratory history bear witness to the post-colonial ties and the memory of the Great War. The protected elements include only the bronze of Camille Alaphilippe, now owned by the commune of Toulouse.

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