War Memorial, Genay, Metropolis of Lyon

Name: War Memorial
Address: Genay, Metropolis of Lyon, France

#1 among attractions in Genay, Metropolis of Lyon

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Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I. After the end of the 1914–1918 war there was a frenzy to build memorials to commemorate those who had been killed and it has been calculated that in this period well over 36,000 individual memorials were erected throughout France with the majority of these being built between 1919 and 1926. These memorials are known as monuments aux morts - literally monuments to the dead and what are known in the United Kingdom as war memorials. ()

Local name: Monument aux MortsCoordinates: 45°53'50"N, 4°50'25"E

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Genay, Metropolis of Lyon France

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War Memorial – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Abode of Chaos, Sathonay-Village, Mont Verdun, Fort de Vancia.

4.2 miS
Museum, Art museum, Art gallery
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