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War Memorial On Île Du Souvenir
The war memorial on Île du Souvenir is a war memorial dedicated to the victims of World War I, located on Île du Souvenir (or Île aux Cygnes) in the Parc de la Tête d'or, Parc de la Tête-d'Or in Lyon, France. Architect Tony Garnier (architect), Tony Garnier designed it and sculptors Jean-Baptiste Larrivé (cenotaph), Louis Bertola (Relief, bas-reliefs of ''Le Départ'' and ''La Guerre''), and Claude Grange (Relief, bas-reliefs of ''La Paix'' and ''La Victoire'') also contributed to the work. History The city of Lyon launched a competition for a new war memorial in December 1920. The result of the first round was the selection of ten projects, five of which were proposals by Tony Garnier (architect), Tony Garnier. His project ''"Athéna"'', a huge temple with a double colonnade on the hill of La Croix-Rousse, won the competition in the second round. However, this project was abandoned because it was too expensive. The winner was the ''"Philae"'' project, the result of a col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monument Aux Morts - (Parc De La Tête D'Or) - DSC05274
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical, political, technical or architectural importance. Examples of monuments include statues, (war) memorials, historical buildings, archaeological sites, and cultural assets. If there is a public interest in its preservation, a monument can for example be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The ''Palgrave Macmillan, Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict'' gives the next definition of monument:Monuments result from social practices of construction or conservation of material artifacts through which the ideology of their promoters is manifested. The concept of the modern monument emerged with the development of capital and the nation-state in the fifteenth century when the ruling classes began to build and conserve what w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
