TARNOBRZEG, Poland. War cemetery in tribute to Poles what they died for the Homeland (1939-1956)

TARNOBRZEG, Poland

Tombs in the war cemetery built in tribute to Poles what they died for the Homeland between 1939 and 1956, murdered in Katyn, deads on the way to Siberia, in the camps in the steppes of Kazakhstan …

Photo © Kazimierz R. Leszczyński, 08.2016.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Memorial to victims of wars

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Memorial to victims of wars.

Ispod ovog kamena spomenik žrtvama rata i hladnog rata
Under this stone there is a monument to the victims of the war and cold war

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 11.2008.

DUBLIN, Ireland. Fusiliers' Arch

DUBLIN, Ireland
St. Stephen's Green

Fusiliers' Arch, in grey granite, funded by public subscription and erected in 1907. It is inspired by the Arch of Titus in Rome.

In memory of the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers who fell in the South African War A.D. 1899·1900
Fortissimis suis militibus hoc monumentum eblana dedicavit MCMVII

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 04.2011.

HÄMEENKYRÖ (Pirkanmaa), Finland. Memorial to the soldiers

HÄMEENKYRÖ (Pirkanmaa), Finland

Memorial to the soldiers killed in the World War II.

Photo © Giselle, 07.2014.

BRAGA. Portugal. "Aos mortos da Grande Guerra"

BRAGA. Portugal.

Memorial to the dead of the First World War, unveiled on 25 June 1925.

Aos mortos da Grande Guerra 1914-1918. 
Homenagem da cidade de Braga

[‘To the dead of the Great War 1914-1918.
Tribute from the city of Braga’]

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 05.2010.

DERBY, England. Memorial to dead of the two World Wars

DERBY, England
Market Place

Memorial to dead of the two World Wars. The sandstone monument was made by the architect Charles Clayton Thompson (Derby, 1863-1932), and the sculpture (a bronze figure of a mother and child) is a work of the artist Arthur George Walker (London, 20 October 1861 - Parkstone, Dorset, 13 September 1939). This memorial was unveiled for first time on 11 November 1924 and was re-dedicated on 28 October 1994.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 10.2006.

PUIGCERDÀ (Catalunya), Spain. Obelisk to victims of the Carlist Wars

PUIGCERDÀ (Catalunya), Spain
Plaça dels Herois

Pink marble obelisk erected in 1883 in memory of the local victims of the Carlist Wars, between 1837 and 1874.

Photo © Albert Lázaro-Tinaut, 03.2010.

WARSZAWA, Poland. Grób Nieznanego Żołnierza

WARSZAWA, Poland
Plac marsz. Józefa Piłsudskiego

Grób Nieznanego Żołnierza [‘Tomb of the Unknown Soldier’]. This memorial, a work by the sculptor Stanislaw Kazimierz Ostrowski (Warsaw, 8 May 1879 - New York, 13 May 1947), was erected on 2 November 1925 to honor of the memory of soldiers who died in the struggle for independence of Poland during 
the World War I (1914-1918). Damaged during World War II,
was rebuilt in 1946 and restored between 1990 and 1991. It is installed on the colonnade (only preserved part) of destroyed Saxon Palace.

Photo © Kazimierz R. Leszczyński, 07.2011.

TARNOBRZEG, Poland. Memorial place in Sienkiewicz street

TARNOBRZEG, Poland

ul. Sienkiewicz
Memorial place

Monument commemorating the victims of the first German air raid on the city on 2 September 1939. At the obelisk of red sandstone is a board with the names of 10 victims of the bombing in Sienkiewicz street. This memorial was unveiled in 1989.

Photo © Kazimierz R. Leszczyński, 6.2016.