Places of memory

Some symbolic places...

Places of remembrance of the First World War

Photo of the National Necropolis

The national necropolis,
Chauconin-Neufmontiers.

1920

Nicknamed “Great Tomb of
Villeroy", this ossuary
collects the remains of 133
French soldiers who died in
1914.

Photo of the battlefield filled with crosses

The battlefield of
Hartmannswillerkopf.

1920

Nicknamed Old Armand, this
battlefield saw die
more than 30,000 French soldiers
and Germans.

Photo of the Flame of the Unknown Soldier

The unknown soldier flame.

1920

Located under the Arc de Triomphe at
Paris, she's kept lit
since 1923, three years later
its installation.

Photo of the Battles of the Marne Memorial

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.

Photo of the Douaumont Ossuary

The Douaumont Ossuary.

1936

This ossuary was built on the 7
August 1936, 18 years after the end of
the First World War.

Photo of the 1940 Treaty Train

Wagon of the Armistice, Rethondes.

1950

This wagon was used to meet
by Philippe Pétain and Adolf
Hitler, October 24, 1940.