History Exhibition
History ExhibitionMonument commémoratif au roi Alexandre Ier de Yougoslavie et à Louis Barthou
Préfecture
A stark memorial marks the 1934 assassination of Yugoslavia's King Alexander I and French foreign minister Louis Barthou. Architect Gaston Castel and sculptors Antoine Sartorio and Louis Botinelly created this somber tribute to a dark moment in Marseille's history.
Historic assassination site
1934 political tragedy
Art Deco monument
Serbian-French memorial
Tips
📅the assassination occurred October 9, 1934
ℹ️no info plaque—read up beforehand
Monument commémoratif au roi Alexandre Ier de Yougoslavie et à Louis Barthou
PréfectureOpen
History ExhibitionHistory ExhibitionA stark memorial marks the 1934 assassination of Yugoslavia's King Alexander I and French foreign minister Louis Barthou. Architect Gaston Castel and sculptors Antoine Sartorio and Louis Botinelly created this somber tribute to a dark moment in Marseille's history.
Historic assassination site
1934 political tragedy
Art Deco monument
Serbian-French memorial
Tips
📅the assassination occurred October 9, 1934
ℹ️no info plaque—read up beforehand