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Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval: exterior. Thiepval (Somme, France) Le Mémorial et le cimetière
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Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval: exterior. The Thiepval Memorial Monument on a cloudy day
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Thiepval Memorial

byEdwin LutyensSee all 8 buildings →Thiepval, France ↗

1932

Key featuresLutyens's Somme memorial to 72,337 missing servicemen, called the greatest British work of monumental architecture of its century.

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Architect
Edwin Lutyens
Place
Thiepval, France
Year
1932
Typology
Memorial
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Europe

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