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Auguste Rodin - "The Defense or the Call to Arms" by Beausoleil
This moving and almost frightening sculpture is on display in Verdun as a World War I Memorial. The Musée Rodin in Paris opened in 1919 and is primarily dedicated to the works of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. It has two sites: the Hôtel Biron and surrounding grounds in central Paris that constitute the Rodin Museum and Gardens, and another site at the Villa des Brillants in Meudon where he lived. You can get a twin ticket to the Musée d'Orsay and the Paris Rodin if you can do two museums in one day. You used to be able to visit the gardens for 4 euros but I haven't been able to find that option on their web site lately. It may be worth asking as there is a lovely tea room in the garden and quite a few marvelous sculptures in addition to the fountain and flowers.
- 16 May 2019 - Paris 7e Arrondissement, France
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Verdun war memorial by paulymx
Verdun is to France what Gallipoli is to the Australians. A defining moment of sacrifice in war. More later
- 2013
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The gunners manning the turret below by paulymx
- 2013
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Inside the fortress by paulymx
They had a great display in the fort
- 2013
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Machine gun turret by paulymx
Turrets were all retractable and were controlled from the armoured control box behind them. Visibility was poor.
- 2013
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Maginot Line gun turret by paulymx
- 2013
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Maginot Line fort outside Verdun by paulymx
- 2013
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The Verdun Memorial by Beausoleil
- 9 September 2012 - Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
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The Destroyed Village Fleury-devant-Douaumont by Beausoleil
There are markers to let you know what existed there before WWI, the school, the baker, the grocer, the merchants, the homes, etc. It has all been left as a memorial to those who disappeared forever.
- 9 September 2012 - Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
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Douaumont Ossuary near Verdun by Beausoleil
- 9 September 2012 - Douaumont, France
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Small part of the cemetery at the Douaumont Ossuary near Verdun by Beausoleil
My Grandfather was sent to Verdun. Fortunately, his ship was slow and he arrived when it was over. It must have been horrible because he would never talk about it.
- 9 September 2012 - Douaumont, France
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Rodin's Angel in the city of Verdun, a World War I Memorial by Beausoleil
Powerful sculpture sitting on the Meuse River in Verdun. There is another casting of this sculpture in the Rodin Museum in Paris.
- 8 September 2012 - Verdun, France
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