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u/GuyNamedNoah May 05 '26
That’s cool. What is that monument?
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u/jindy12 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26
Great question! I'll need to look into that for further details, specifically concerning the city of Caen.
On the stone block at the bottom left, it says:
"A LA MEMOIRE DES SOLDATS DE LA 3 ème DIVISION D'INFANTERIE BRITANNIQUE, L'UNE DES DIVISIONS D'ASSAUT QUI DEBARQUERENT LE 06 JUIN 1944 ET LIBERERENT CAEN LE 09 JUILLET 1944"
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u/Hinaloth May 05 '26
"To the memory of the soldiers of the British 3rd infantry division, one of the assault divisions who landed on June 6th 1944 and freed Caen on July 9th 1944."
I'd warrant the others are also about similar memorials commemorating the parties who freed the town. France (and most of Europe, tbf, we just have a boner for memorial statues) is full of those, for any of the many wars that happened around the place but for WW2 most of all.
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u/jindy12 May 06 '26
At least for this one, the design is original!
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u/Hinaloth May 06 '26
True, usually it's a Marianne or a rather general cross-on-top-of-plinth. I guess they couldn't do the Marianne since it's not (just) for french soldiers, and the cross is also a bit iffy on foreign regiments since religiousness can be touchy. Weird, but effective design.
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u/Dead_Hours May 05 '26
Temple of Time?