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神の母マリアの助けへの信心深い信頼――これはサント・メヌー（Sainte-Menehould）だけでなく、フランス全土で常に「ノートルダム」（Notre-Dame、ドイツ語では「Unserer Lieben Frau」に相当）として崇拝されている――は、フランスの修道女、神秘家、教会博士である聖テレジア・オブ・リジュー（修道名：幼子イエスの聖テレジア、1873年～1897年）によって、次のように表現されています。「試練や困難に際しては、マリア母に頼ります。その眼差しだけで、あらゆる恐怖を追い払うのに十分です。」

This ossuary, which has the status of a national necropolis, houses the remains of approximately 10,000 soldiers who fell during the Battle of Argonne. The imposing monument found there was created by the sculptor Raoul Eugène Lamourdedieu.

The Saint-Roch chapel appeared in the 17th century, well before the La Harazée national necropolis next to which it is located. The latter contains the remains of 1,672 soldiers who fell during the Battle of Argonne.

The Guyard Shelters, 1914-1918

Great view of the city and walk through the old cemetery

As a memorial to the many war dead, such places of remembrance are still very important today. "Now, Lord, you let your servant depart in peace, as you have said..." it says in the so-called "Hymn of Simeon" (Luke's Gospel, Chapter 2, Verse 29). However, the large number of those buried here did not depart in peace, but became senseless victims of war and tyranny. The most important and everlasting function of such monuments (in German-speaking countries mostly referred to as soldiers' cemeteries or war graves) is therefore to remind each generation anew of the need to permanently preserve peace.

Open-air museum depicting life in the trenches

Very nice in the morning