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War Memorial of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie

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War Memorial of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie

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Please check local regulations for: Parc naturel régional des Causses du Quercy

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    July 19, 2024

    As a memorial to the many dead, such a "MONUMENT AUX MORTS" (usually called a "Central Memorial" or "War Memorial" in German-speaking countries) is still very important today. "Now, Lord, you let your servant depart in peace, as you have said..." it says in the so-called "Hymn of Simeon" (Luke's Gospel, Chapter 2, Verse 29). However, the people who are remembered here did not depart in peace, but became victims of war and tyranny. Therefore, the term "Fallen Memorial" is now sometimes used instead of the "War Memorial" that was previously common in German. In the French-speaking world, however, this aspect of commemoration of the dead has long been included in the most commonly used term "MONUMENT AUX MORTS". Regardless of language and nation, such a memorial has two important and at the same time everlasting tasks:
    -1- to keep the memory of the suffering and horror of war alive,
    -2- and to remind people of the need to maintain peace in the long term.

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      August 11, 2023

      A memorial to the French fallen in the Algerian War.

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        September 24, 2023

        Magnificent site, absolutely worth visiting!

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          Location: Rocamadour, Gourdon, Occitania, France

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