Monument aux Morts de Montauban

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The monument to the dead of the 1870 war of Montauban, also known as his artistic work Monument to the Fighters and Defenders of the Tarn-et-Garonne of 1870-1871, is a monument to the dead located in Montauban, hometown of the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, of which it is one of the first major works. The latter was able to overcome oppositions thanks to Rodin's intervention in 1897. The monument completed in 1902 is now erected in Bourdelle Square.