Jules Verne's tomb

The Jules Verne's tomb is a grave memorial in Amiens, France La Madeleine Cemetery.

The sculpture was designed by Albert Roze and it depicts a man breaking out of his grave and reaching skyward.

In 1905 Jules Verne died in Amiens France, from chronic diabetes and complications from a stroke that paralyzed his right side.

[2] and two years later his tomb featured a dramatic sculpture of a man pushing his way out of the earth reaching to the heavens.

[3][4] It was announced in January 1907 sculptor Albert Roze would erect a monument at the Jules Verne gravesite.

Jules Verne's tomb