Places of memory
Some symbolic places...
Places of remembrance of the First World War
The national necropolis,
Chauconin-Neufmontiers.
1920
Nicknamed “Great Tomb
of
Villeroy", this ossuary
collects the remains of 133
French soldiers who died in
1914.
The battlefield of
Hartmannswillerkopf.
1920
Nicknamed Old Armand,
this
battlefield saw die
more than 30,000 French soldiers
and Germans.
The unknown soldier flame.
1920
Located under the Arc de
Triomphe at
Paris, she's kept lit
since 1923, three years later
its installation.
The Memorial to the Battles of
Marne.
1931
The chapel located in
Dormans.
It's one of the big 4
national monuments erected
to pay tribute to the
deceased
first war soldier
world.
The Douaumont Ossuary.
1936
This ossuary was built on
the 7
August 1936, 18 years after the end of
the First World War.
Wagon of the Armistice, Rethondes.
1950
This wagon was used to
meet
by Philippe Pétain and Adolf
Hitler, October 24, 1940.
The national necropolis,
Chauconin-Neufmontiers.
1920
Nicknamed “Great Tomb
of
Villeroy", this ossuary
collects the remains of 133
French soldiers who died in
1914.
The battlefield of
Hartmannswillerkopf.
1920
Nicknamed Old Armand,
this
battlefield saw die
more than 30,000 French soldiers
and Germans.
The unknown soldier flame.
1920
Located under the Arc de
Triomphe at
Paris, she's kept lit
since 1923, three years later
its installation.
The Memorial to the Battles of
Marne.
1931
The chapel located in
Dormans.
It's one of the big 4
national monuments erected
to pay tribute to the
deceased
first war soldier
world.
The Douaumont Ossuary.
1936
This ossuary was built on
the 7
August 1936, 18 years after the end of
the First World War.
Wagon of the Armistice, Rethondes.
1950
This wagon was used to
meet
by Philippe Pétain and Adolf
Hitler, October 24, 1940.