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The Ossuary of Douaumont is an impressive memorial that holds the remains of more than 130,000 unknown French and German soldiers who died during the Battle of Verdun (1916). The bones are visible through small windows in the base – a confronting reminder of the horrors of war. In front of the ossuary is the Nécropole nationale de Douaumont, the largest French military cemetery of the First World War, with 16,142 graves, including a Muslim and Jewish plot. The complex was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023.

The Mémorial de Verdun, located near the ruined village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, is a leading museum and commemoration site for the Battle of Verdun (1916). The museum displays more than 2,000 objects and uses authentic objects, photographs and audiovisual installations to show how French and German soldiers experienced this battle – in the exact same place where they fought.

Riverside promenade on the Meuse, with freight hotel and restaurant barges.

A walk along the banks of the Meuse is worthwhile. There's much to see.

The gate was part of the city fortifications in the Middle Ages.

Small town but of great historical value

The monument consists of five figures representing the five corps of the army involved in the 1916 battle: a horseman, an engineer, a territorial man, an infantryman and an artilleryman.

The monument to the dead and children of Verdun, built in 1928, rests on the crescent-shaped road built in the 17th century by order of Marshal Vauban. It stands on the site of the military butchery that was destroyed in 1916.