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Location: Sillery, Reims, Marne, France
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Cimetière military de Sillery is a military cemetery in the municipality of Sillery, in the Grand Est region. It is one of the largest French necropolises from the First World War, with 11,259 graves of soldiers who died mainly in the defense of Reims, a city that symbolizes the Great War. The cemetery was constructed between 1923 and 1933, and also contains a monument to the 97th division, a mausoleum for the fallen without a grave, and a memorial stone for Lumir Brezovsky, the first Czechoslovak volunteer who died in 1914. The cemetery is a place of memory and tribute to the victims of the bloody battles of Champagne.
January 10, 2024
One of the many military cemeteries in the region.
In memory of the many unknown soldiers and the fallen soldiers of the First World War in the region.
More information: champagne-ardenne-tourismus.de/sites-visit-deutsch-4/franzosischer-soldatenfriedhof-sillery-bellevue-127773
May 22, 2020
One of many military cemeteries in the region. They are also called necropoles.
August 27, 2022
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Location: Sillery, Reims, Marne, France
4.5
(66)
422
01:53
33.0km
60m
4.3
(80)
468
02:05
36.3km
140m
4.5
(17)
111
03:38
59.3km
470m