Memorial

Name: Memorial
Address: 20 Rue René Sahors, 92170 Vanves, France

Vanves

The same architect who gave Paris its iconic Art Nouveau Metro entrances designed this elegant 1920 war memorial. Three sweeping white marble plaques bear gold-lettered names at a quiet Vanves school, a rare surviving Guimard monument away from the tourist trail.

Art Nouveau architecture

Historic memorial

Hidden gem

Free to visit

Tips

🎨look for the 1904 Pierre Vauthier painting behind it

✨electroplated palm and wreath flank the names

Memorial

20 Rue René Sahors, 92170 Vanves, France

Upcoming at Memorial

Thursday, Jun 18

Journée Nationale de l’Appel du Général de Gaulle du 18 juin 1940

June 18 at 6pm

Stand where locals gather to honor one of history's most defiant radio broadcasts. This solemn ceremony marks de Gaulle's June 18 appeal with a wreath-laying at Vanves' war memorial.

Directions

Memorial

Vanves

History Exhibition

Art Nouveau architecture

Historic memorial

Hidden gem

Free to visit

Tips

🎨look for the 1904 Pierre Vauthier painting behind it

✨electroplated palm and wreath flank the names

Memorial

20 Rue René Sahors, 92170 Vanves, France

Directions

Upcoming at Memorial

Thursday, Jun 18

Journée Nationale de l’Appel du Général de Gaulle du 18 juin 1940

June 18 at 6pm

Stand where locals gather to honor one of history's most defiant radio broadcasts. This solemn ceremony marks de Gaulle's June 18 appeal with a wreath-laying at Vanves' war memorial.