Heroes' Cemetery and Monument in Slobozia

Slobozia, Ialomița

The Heroes' Cemetery in Slobozia was started on June 22, 1927, in the presence of French Marshal Philippe Pétain, and inaugurated in 1932. Romanian soldiers who fell in the First World War, as well as French, Algerian, Australian, English, Indian, Turkish and German soldiers are buried here.

The Heroes' Monument in the city was inaugurated on June 10, 1928. On its plinth are written the names of 114 soldiers, 18 officers and 19 NCOs who fell in the battles of 1916–1917.

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