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Monument aux morts de la commune

Saulieu, Côte-d'Or, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le monument aux morts de la commune en totalité (cad. AL 599) : inscription par arrêté du 1er août 2016
Protection dates
2016/08/01 : inscrit MH
Type
monument
Main period of construction
20e siècle
Dates
1921
Architect or builder
Fraisse Edouard (architecte)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
place Carnot
Commune
Saulieu
Département
Côte-d'Or
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
47.28060, 4.23094
Mérimée reference
PA21000088

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1856 map "Dept. De La Cote D'Or." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Situé près de la place Carnot, sur une terrasse en surplomb de la rue d’Argentine, le monument aux morts de Saulieu fut réalisé en 1921 par le sculpteur Edouard Fraisse (1880-1945), originaire de Beaune. Le monument se compose d’un socle élevé, surmonté d’une pyramide dont se détache, sur l’une des faces, la statue en pied d’un poilu. Sous les traits de ce poilu, Fraisse a choisi de représenter le caporal Charles Collenot (1888-1961), originaire de la ville, et qui s’illustra lors de la prise de Douaumont en octobre 1916. Le monument est l’une des rares créations en trois dimensions d’Edouard Fraisse.

English translation

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Located near Place Carnot, on a terrace overlooking rue d'Argentine, the war memorial of Saulieu was created in 1921 by the sculptor Edouard Fraisse (1880-1945), from Beaune. The monument consists of an elevated base, surmounted by a pyramid from which emerges, on one of the faces, the full-length statue of a poilu. In the features of this poilu, Fraisse chose to represent Corporal Charles Collenot (1888-1961), from the town, who distinguished himself at the taking of Douaumont in October 1916. The monument is one of the rare three-dimensional creations by Edouard Fraisse.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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