On August 9, 1919, the Municipal Council of Salon launched a subscription for the construction of a monument to the dead and voted a sum of 10,000 francs for this purpose. The location chosen was the cliff of the St-Roch Cemetery.
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Eugène Piron's project was selected, and here is how the artist himself described his project: "The monument, entirely carved out of the rock, represents a breach that seems to access the vault where the dead are deposited. At the entrance of this breach, a bugle sounds the "Sublime Awakening" which brings out the image of those who sleep there.
The bugle is the modern version of the angel sounding the Last Judgment and the Resurrection. The monument is solemnly inaugurated on November...
The bugle is the modern version of the angel sounding the Last Judgment and the Resurrection. The monument is solemnly inaugurated on November...
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