This magnificent statue is the work of sculptor Ivan Mestrovic and is dedicated to France due to their great help to Serbia during the First World War. It was ceremoniously unveiled in 1930 in the presence of king Aleksandar Karadjordjevic at Kelemegdan. The monument was put up at the initiative of the Society of Friends of France and Society of Former Pupils of the French School in the same location where once stood the memorial dedicated to Karadjorde, which was destroyed during the First World War.
