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Cloister of the Douaumont Ossuary

Cloister of the Douaumont Ossuary

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Cloister of the Douaumont Ossuary

Name: Cloister of the Douaumont Ossuary
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Location: Douaumont, Verdun, Great East, France

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1. Fort de Douaumont – Fleury-devant-Douaumont loop from Douaumont

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2. Fleury-devant-Douaumont – Fort Douaumont loop from Douaumont

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3. Fort Douaumont – Douaumont Ossuary loop from Fleury-devant-Douaumont

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Nico

December 5, 2022

every single brick inscribed with fallen soldiers, absolutely poignant this crowd

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

April 15, 2025

With a length of 137 metres, the cloister forms the central part of the monument.

It has 22 niches containing tombs, each symbolising one of the 46 sectors of the Verdun battlefield.

Beneath these tombs lie the remains of 130,000 unidentified soldiers, who were found on the battlefield after the armistice.

The walls and vault of the cloister are covered with almost 4,000 inscriptions.

Around a hundred stones were engraved in honour of a regiment or a historical or patriotic association.

Thousands of other stones bear the names of French and German soldiers. Each name refers to someone who was reported missing on the Verdun battlefield.

At each end of the cloister is a huge bowl containing the eternal flame, which burns on important dates or during major ceremonies.

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Migdał

August 1, 2025

A long room designed to evoke catacombs, with the names and surnames of the "lucky ones" whose bodies were identified written on the walls.

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Elevation 360 m

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Location: Douaumont, Verdun, Great East, France

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