Monument aux Morts de Cannes - Vieux port

The Monument aux Morts in the Vieux Port of Cannes stands as a tall, stark obelisk of white stone, set directly against the quay where the fishing boats dock. It lists the names of local soldiers who died in the Great War, but the most striking detail is the bronze sculpture at its base. It shows a young woman in mourning, shielding a fallen soldier with her cloak. When the monument was unveiled in nineteen twenty-one, the townspeople held a silent, barefoot procession to this harbor edge.