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The route along the Meuse is beautiful and peaceful to drive and offers one or two highlights.

Medieval city gate from the 14th century, built as part of the Grand Rempart around the lower town of Verdun. The gate was financed by Wautrec, a wealthy citizen and alderman, after the granting of Verdun's status as a free imperial city in 1374. The gate consists of two semi-circular towers with a portcullis and the remains of a drawbridge. It has been a listed historical monument since 1881.

Inaugurated in 1928, this war memorial in Verdun honours the city’s inhabitants who died for France in both world wars. It was built on the remains of a military butcher’s shop, on the crescent of the Chaussée, a 17th-century fortification. The sculpture depicts five soldiers – a cavalier, an engineer, an infantryman (poilu), an artilleryman and a territorial – forming a symbolic wall under the motto of Verdun: “On ne passe pas”.

A huge monument honoring the fallen soldiers in and around Verdun. From the top, there's a magnificent view of the city.

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

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.