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Notre-Dame-de-Lorette National Cemetery

Notre-Dame-de-Lorette National Cemetery

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Notre-Dame-de-Lorette National Cemetery

Name: Notre-Dame-de-Lorette National Cemetery
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Location: Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, Atrecht, Hauts-De-France, France

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1. The hill of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette and the church Ablain-Saint-Nazaire — loop from Ablain-Saint-Nazaire

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2. Mont de Justice – Small natural arch loop from Souchez

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3. Ring of Remembrance – Mont de Justice loop from Aix-Noulette

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

January 14, 2024

Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is the largest cemetery in France, but also a location for remembrance and reflection, where the battles that took place on this hill in 1915 are commemorated. The location is near the town of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire; it consists of a basilica built in a neo-Byzantine style, a lantern tower 52 meters high and an immense military cemetery, the largest in France, where 40,058 bodies are buried.

In 2014, a memorial ring was placed, bearing the names of almost 580,000 soldiers of different nationalities who lost their lives in Nord-Pas-de-Calais between 1914 and 1918.

Two other buildings have been added to this site: the "living museum" 14-18, located on the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette hill, with more than 2,000 pieces in its collection, and the Historical Center of the Memorial 14-18 , in Souchez, a visitors center where objects, photos and film from that time are displayed.

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JakobusPilger

July 29, 2023

The church dedicated to the Mother of God under the title "Notre-Dame de Lorette" rises up in radiant white and can be seen from afar. But the radiant impression is deceptive, at the latest when the visitor to the site notices that this is a huge military cemetery. Around 23,000 individual graves and another 23,000 victims of war and tyranny buried in ossuaries are deeply affecting.

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Olivier

August 22, 2024

This hike takes private paths...
To avoid ending up with a complaint filed

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Location: Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, Atrecht, Hauts-De-France, France

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Notre-Dame-de-Lorette National Cemetery

1. The hill of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette and the church Ablain-Saint-Nazaire — loop from Ablain-Saint-Nazaire

2. Mont de Justice – Small natural arch loop from Souchez

3. Ring of Remembrance – Mont de Justice loop from Aix-Noulette

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