Jules Verne's Tomb
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| 49°54′51″N 2°17′05″E / 49.914167°N 2.284722°E | |
| Location | Amiens, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Section N |
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| Designer | Albert Roze |
| Material | Marble |
| Beginning date | 1906 |
| Completion date | 1907 |
| Dedicated to | Jules Verne |
The Jules Verne's Tomb is a grave memorial in Amiens, France La Madeleine Cemetery. It marks the grave of the 19th century writer Jules Verne. The sculpture was designed by Albert Roze and it depicts a man breaking out of his grave and reaching skyward. Verne died March 24, 1905, and the sculpture was added to the gravesite in 1907.
Background[edit]
In 1905 Jules Verne died in Amiens France, from chronic diabetes and complications from a stroke which paralyzed his right side.[2] and 2 years later his tomb featured a dramatic sculpture of a man pushing his way out of the earth reaching to the heavens. The sculpture is entitled "Vers l’immortalité et l’éternelle jeunesse" (“towards immortality and eternal youth”).[3][4] It was announced in January 1907 sculptor Albert Roze would erect a monument at the Jules Verne gravesite.[5]
The grave's sculpture has become a tourist attraction.[6] The city of Amiens also features the tomb on their tourist page.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jules Verne's Tomb". Atlas Obscura. Atlas Obscura. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ^ "Mr. Jules Verne Lies Dead at Amiens". Titusville Herald. March 15, 1905. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ^ Lichfield, John (March 14, 2005). "Jules Verne: mythmaker of the machine age". The Independent. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ^ Drabble, Margaret (June 24, 2021). "Submarine dreams: Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas". New Statesman. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ^ "Monument to Jules Verne". South Haven Daily Tribune. January 5, 1907. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ^ Sims, Chris (February 6, 2019). "Famous People with really Eccentric Graves". The Grunge. Gunge. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ^ "La Madeleine Cemetery". Amiens. Amiens. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
