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Marche-en-Famenne
Luxembourg

Rue Victor Libert 9
(Palais de Justice)

Monument aux Morts

War Memorial

Alexis Fivet & Firmin Close
1921

Description

Stele surrounded by human figures: on the front and on the right, four soldiers, on the left two women - one mourning and one looking out, and a boy giving a hand to the first soldier. On the back of the stele the coat-of-arms of Marche-en-Famenne, surmounted by an eagle, and the year 1921

Marche-en-Famenne - Monument aux Morts

Inscription(s)

On the front of the base "1914-1918", on the side later added "1940-1945"
At the top of the stele the words: A NOS MORTS GLORIEUX
JUSTICE LIBERTE

Signature

Alexis Fivet statuarie
Jos Moutschen architecte
(also Firmin Close, no photo)

Sculptors

Firmin Close, Belgian sculptor.
Alexis Fivet (Jupille 1882 - Liège 1954), Belgian painter and sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Université de Lille, Les monuments aux morts, France-Belgique.

Locatie (N 50°13'41" - E 5°20'23") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: belu027; Photograph: 1 June 2019
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