COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
National Military Cemetery
title
National Military Cemetery
Title
false
Caption:
(Nécropole Nationale du Faubourg-Pavé)
caption
(Nécropole Nationale du Faubourg-Pavé)
Caption
false
Image Date:
2011
image_date
2011
Image Date
false
Period:
20th century
period
20th century
Period
false
Location:
Verdun, Meuse
location
Verdun, Meuse
Location
false
Country:
FRANCE
country
FRANCE
Country
false
Display Creator:
CUVELLE, Léon
display_creator
CUVELLE, Léon
Display Creator
false
Terms:
Dark tourism
terms
Dark tourism
Terms
false
Image ID:
11-2112
image_id
11-2112
Image ID
false
Description:
Exterior view: sculptural monument at the entrance to the cemetery: text reads: 'Aux Victimes de la Barbarie Nazie - Aux Suppliciés et Fusillés Connus et Inconnus 1914-1918 1939-1945'. The sculptor, CUVELLE, had been a prisoner of war in WW1. Location: The national military cemetery on the outskirts of Verdun. Located adjacent to the town's civic cemetery. The cemetery contains the graves of 4,884 men of various denominations. Also a memorial to victims of Nazi atrocities. The central monument is surrounded by seven graves of unidentified soldiers selected from battlefields throughout France. An eighth body selected at the same time now lies in the tomb of the unknown warrior in Paris.
description
Exterior view: sculptural monument at the entrance to the cemetery: text reads: 'Aux Victimes de la Barbarie Nazie - Aux Suppliciés et Fusillés Connus et Inconnus 1914-1918 1939-1945'. The sculptor, CUVELLE, had been a prisoner of war in WW1. Location: The national military cemetery on the outskirts of Verdun. Located adjacent to the town's civic cemetery. The cemetery contains the graves of 4,884 men of various denominations. Also a memorial to victims of Nazi atrocities. The central monument is surrounded by seven graves of unidentified soldiers selected from battlefields throughout France. An eighth body selected at the same time now lies in the tomb of the unknown warrior in Paris.
Description
false
Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Permissions:
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
permissions
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Permissions
false
Related Information:
Chemins de memoire. For more information see also < http://www.cheminsd… > .
related_information
Chemins de memoire. For more information see also < http://www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr/ > .
Related Information
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
CUVELLE, Léon
creator
CUVELLE, Léon
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Sculptor and soldier.
creator_role
Sculptor and soldier.
Creator Role
false
Culture Gender:
Male.
culture_gender
Male.
Culture Gender
false
Nationality:
French.
nationality
French.
Nationality
false
Subject Heading:
War memorials -- France
subject_heading
War memorials -- France
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Cemeteries -- France
subject_heading
Cemeteries -- France
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of
subject_heading
Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
World War, 1914-1918 -- Cemeteries -- France
subject_heading
World War, 1914-1918 -- Cemeteries -- France
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Sculpture, French -- 1900-2000
subject_heading
Sculpture, French -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Monuments -- France
subject_heading
Monuments -- France
Subject Heading
false