Monument aux morts de Château-Arnoux

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The city of Château-Arnoux in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department has one of the monuments to the French pacifist dead. The monument consists of a couple with a woman crying and a man breaking a sword, symbolizing pain and revolt after the loss of a son in the First World War from 1914 to 1918. This was the first armed conflict that involved so many countries around the world.

The loss of life was more than 8 million dead and 6 million invalids. It is engraved with the pacifist inscription "Pax, Vox Populi", title of the poem by Mayor Victorin Maurel engraved on the monument. This monument represents a man who breaks his sword on his knee; Behind him, a woman is crying.

At the top, a terrestrial globe is surrounded by a branch.