Point of interest
Monument of Remembrance
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Location
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Tips from locals
The "gëlle Fra" (golden lady) is the Luxembourgish national monument."It was built in 1920 in the honour of the Lux. soldiers that died with the French forces in WW1. In WW2, Nazi Germany occupied the country and tore it down. Lost for decades, the sculpture was found in 1981 under the main stand of the national football stadium and put back in its original place. In 2010, it was exhibited in the Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
The "gëlle Fra" (golden lady) is the Luxembourgish national monument."It was built in 1920 in the honour of the Lux. soldiers that died with the French forces in WW1. In WW2, Nazi Germany occupied the country and tore it down. Lost for decades, the sculpture was found in 1981 under the main stand of…
Erected in 1923, in memory of the Luxembourgish soldiers who fell during the two World Wars and the Korean War, today it symbolises freedom and resistance for the Luxembourg people.
Monument du souvenir (Denkmal für die, im ersten Weltkrieg gefallenen Soldaten) "The monument of Remembrance" (WWI memorial)