The Mausoleum of Mărășești is a memorial site in

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containing remains of 5,073 Romanian soldiers and officers killed in the

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and dedicated to the commemoration of the

Battle of Mărășești The Battle of Mărășești (6 August 1917 – 3 September 1917) was the last major battle fought by the Central Powers against the Kingdom of Romania and Russian Empire, Russia on the Romania in World War I, Romanian front during World War I. ...

and

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members who were killed during World War I. The memorial took

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s George Cristinel and Constantin Pomponiu 15 years to build and was unveiled on 18 September 1938 by King Carol II. The

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surrounding the base of the dome was sculpted by Cornel Medrea and Ion Jalea. It is featured on the circulating twenty lei banknote issued by National Bank of Romania.

Background

The

(August 6 to September 8, 1917) was a battle fought during

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

between the

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and the

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. The two sides sent into battle a total of about 1 million soldiers. The Romanian battle plan called for attack on Nămoloasa, but developments elsewhere on the Eastern Front led to shelving that plan. Field Marshal August von Mackensen launched an attack on August 6. The fighting lasted until September 8, when both sides ran out of fresh units. The German attempt to crush the Romanian army led by General Eremia Grigorescu failed, but the Romanians did not regain any more of their territory either.Cyril Falls, ''The Great War'', p. 285 The motto of the Romanian Army during the battle was "Pe aici nu se trece" (). Romania lost over 27,000 men, including 610 officers, while Germany lost over 47,000. Notably, the Romanian heroine

Ecaterina Teodoroiu Ecaterina Teodoroiu (; formal rendition of Cătălina Toderoiu; 14 January 1894 – 3 September 1917) was a Romanians, Romanian woman who fought on the front and died in World War I, and is regarded as a heroine of Romania. A Cercetaşii Românie ...

was killed at the end of this battle, on September 6, by machine-gun fire; two days later, Major General Karl von Wenninger was killed by artillery fire near the village of Muncelu, Străoane.

Memorials at the Mausoleum

*Burials ** Eremia Grigorescu (1863–1919) ** (1889–1917) ** Maria Zaharia (1905–1917) *Cenotaphs ** Henri Cihoski (1871–1950)

Gallery

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Memorials at the Mausoleum

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