Monument aux Combattants de la Haute-Garonne

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Title	Monument aux Combattants de la Haute-Garonne
Alternate Title	Monument to the WWI Soldiers from Haute-Garonne
View	Overall view
Work Type	built works monuments triumphal arches (memorial arches)
Style/Period	Twentieth century
Creator Name	Jaussely, Leon, 1875-1933
Creator Nationality	French
Date.Creator Birth	1875
Date.Creator Death	1933
Contributors to Project	Leon Jaussely (French architect, 1875-1933)
Subject.work	architecture military or war World War, 1914-1918
Country	France
City	Toulouse
State/Province	Midi-Pyrenees
Location.Notes	All'es Francois-Verdier
Architectural Material	stone
Technique	carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Dates	1920-1931 (creation)
Photographer	Lysenko, Oksana
Date Photographed	7/15/2009
Subject Information	This memorial was begun in 1920 (after a competition for the sculptors) in honour of soldiers from the region, who fought during the First World War. Eight tall stone columns lead up to the pediment, on which the names of the main battlefields are engraved. The architect Leon Jaussely was responsible for coordinating the work and the architectural design. A team of three sculptors (Camille Raynaud, Andre Abbal, and Henry Raphael Moncassin) created the bas-reliefs. Inscriptions celebrate the French troops' exceptional courage and the return of the Alsace-Lorraine region (occupied by Germany) to France. Haute-Garonne is the name of the department (regional subdivision) that contains Toulouse.
Information.source	Archives Municipales de Toulouse [website]; http://www.archives.mairie-toulouse.fr/
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)

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