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Mausoleum of Mărășești

Mărășești, Italy

Mausoleum of Mărășești

The Mausoleum of Mărășești is a memorial site in Romania containing remains of 5,073 Romanian soldiers and officers killed in the First World War and dedicated to the commemoration of the Battle of Mărășești and Romanian Army members who were killed during World War I. The memorial took architects G

eorge Cristinel and Constantin Pomponiu 15 years to build and was unveiled on 18 September 1938 by King Carol II. The frieze in bas-relief surrounding the base of the dome was sculpted by Cornel Medrea and Ion Jalea. It is featured on the circulating twenty lei banknote issued by National Bank of Romania.

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