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.

Jules Verne's Tomb

Jules Verne's tomb in the cemetery at Amiens [N 1]
Location in France
Coordinates	49.914167°N 2.284722°E / 49.914167; 2.284722
Location	Amiens, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Section N
Designer	Albert Roze
Material	Marble
Beginning date	1906
Completion date	1907
Dedicated to	Jules Verne

Background

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]

See also

• Graves
• Monument
• Grave marker
• Tomb

References

Notes

External links

• Amiens tourist page
• Jules Verne Memorial at Find a Grave