The 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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Designer | Albert Roze |
Material | Marble |
Beginning date | 1906 |
Completion date | 1907 |
Dedicated to | Jules Verne |
In 1905 Jules Verne died in Amiens France, from chronic diabetes and complications from a stroke which paralyzed his right side.[2] and 2 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]