Jules Verne's tomb
Memorial located in Amiens, France
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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.
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| Location | Amiens, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Section N |
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| Coordinates | 49.914167°N 2.284722°E |
| Designer | Albert Roze |
| Material | Marble |
| Beginning date | 1906 |
| Completion date | 1907 |
| Dedicated to | Jules Verne |
Background
In 1905 Jules Verne died in Amiens France, from chronic diabetes and complications from a stroke that paralyzed his right side.[2] and two 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]