The initiative to build a monument that would honor the bravery of the fallen soldiers was taken by the National Orthodox Society of the Romanian Women, lead by Princess Alexandra Grigore Cantacuzino, in 1919 and it soon became a matter of public importance. Initially, the monument was supposed to be a cathedral, but the lack of funds led to abandoning this idea. The land was donated to the authorities by Ulise Negropontes, a public contest for architectural design was organized and it was won by Gheorghe Cristinel and Constantin Pompoiu; a public subscription was initiated and even Ulise Negropontes donated a large sum of money (50 000 gold lei).

The construction began in august 1923 and, in 1924, the remains of the dead soldiers were buried here with all the appropriate ceremonials, in the presence of Queen Mary of Romania. General Eremia Grigorescu’s body was also brought here, together with all the distinctions he had been awarded with: the most important Romanian medals, The Legion of Honor and a samurai sword which was engraved with the words: “Pe aici nu se trece”. In the Hall of the Cavaliers, among those who distinguished themselves in battle, there is the tomb of a little girl, Mariuca Zaharia, who guided the Romanian soldiers from a tree, until she was shot by a German sniper. The mausoleum holds 150 crypts which preserve the remains of 5000 soldiers and officers.

In 1936, the construction of the Dome of Glory began and it was inaugurated in 1938 in the presence of King Charles II; the exterior carvings were executed by the famous Romanian sculptors Ion Jalea and Corneliu Medrea, while the interior paintings were the work of Eduard Saulescu. The final structure of the mausoleum is that of a step pyramid with an irregular octagonal shape; it has a surface of 1600 square meters (17 222 square feet) and the tower is 30 meters (98.4 feet) high.

The Marasesti Mausoleum also hosts a museum, containing images from the fronts where the battles took place, samples of military equipment from the First World War, personal objects that belonged to Ecaterina Teodoroiu (a 20 years old girl who fought in the first line of fire just like a man, was killed in 1917 and was named “The Jiu heroine”, because she was born in Targu Jiu).

It is said that the monument made such a deep impression, that during the Second World War, when the Allied were bombing Prahova Valley, Hitler asked Marshal Antonescu (the one who held the power under King Mihai’s nominal leadership) to send two air defense units to Marasesti, to protect the mausoleum.

There are some more commemorative monuments in Vrancea county. One of them is the Marasti Mausoleum, situated in the village bearing the same name, 27 km (approx. 17 miles) far from Panciu town. This is the place where another important battle of the First World War took place and that preceded the great victory from Marasesti. The Mausoleum from Soveja holds the remains of 2000 Romanian soldiers and hosts a museum with documents, pictures and weapons from that time.