Οι καλύτερες ποδηλατικές διαδρομές Cuinchy

Τα ερείπια της παλιάς εκκλησίας του Ablain-Saint-Nazaire είναι ένα εντυπωσιακό και συμβολικό απομεινάρι του Α' Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου. Αυτή η εκκλησία, χτισμένη τον 16ο αιώνα σε φλογερό γοτθικό ρυθμό από τον Jacques Le Caron, υπέστη σοβαρές ζημιές κατά τις μάχες του 1915. Τα ερείπια διατηρούνται ως μνημείο για να τιμήσουν τις φρικαλεότητες του πολέμου.

The National Necropolis of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is located on Mont Hernu (173m) and opposite the necropolis, next to the anneau de la Mémoire you have a balcony set up as a lookout point.

A special event took place in May 2024, when the reburial of Private David Valentine Gemmell was held. His remains were discovered by a farmer in Cuinchy and identified by MOD War Detectives. The ceremony was attended by members of his family and the regiment to pay their respects. It was an emotional and respectful occasion, which also included the remembrance of an unknown soldier.

Woburn Abbey Cemetery is a cemetery managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). The cemetery contains the graves of over 550 soldiers who died in the First World War. The cemetery was originally established by the Royal Berkshire Regiment in June 1915 and contains graves of soldiers from several smaller cemeteries in the area.

A remarkable story about the ruins concerns the decision not to rebuild the church after the war. Although the church had been classified as a historical monument in 1908, the Commission for Historical Monuments decided that the ruins should remain as a testimony to the German destruction. Ironically, it was the French guns that had destroyed the church, but the ruins became a symbol of the war and the reconstruction.

The Nécropole nationale de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is one of the largest and most impressive military cemeteries in France. Situated on a hill in Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, this cemetery contains the graves of more than 42,000 soldiers who died during the First World War. The cemetery was inaugurated in 1925 and includes a basilica, a tower-lantern and a museum.

The Anneau de la Mémoire is an impressive monument commemorating the 576,606 soldiers of forty different nationalities who died in Nord-Pas-de-Calais during the First World War. The monument was designed by Philippe Prost and was unveiled on 11 November 2014, the 96th anniversary of Armistice Day. It consists of 500 metal panels, each approximately 3 metres high, arranged in an elliptical shape. The names of the soldiers are listed alphabetically, without distinction of rank or nationality.

A superb monument commemorating the centenary of the Great War. It features nearly 500,000 names engraved in alphabetical order. Without distinction of rank, they come from soldiers of some forty different nationalities, all of whom fell on the front lines of Nord-Pas-de-Calais between 1914 and 1918.