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The National Necropolis of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is located on Mont Hernu (173m) and opposite the necropolis, next to the anneau de la Mémoire you have a balcony set up as a lookout point.

The Nécropole nationale de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is one of the largest and most impressive military cemeteries in France. Situated on a hill in Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, this cemetery contains the graves of more than 42,000 soldiers who died during the First World War. The cemetery was inaugurated in 1925 and includes a basilica, a tower-lantern and a museum.

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More than 100 (1922) year old pit head (later only used as a ventilation shaft) protruding 42m above the terrain (industrial heritage).

The church dedicated to the Mother of God under the title "Notre-Dame de Lorette" rises in brilliant white and is visible from far away. But the brilliant impression is deceptive, at the latest when the visitor to the site realizes that they are in a huge military cemetery. Around 20,000 individual graves and a further 23,000 victims of war and tyranny buried in ossuaries are deeply disturbing.

South of Carvin, a slag heap stands in a wooded environment where it is pleasant to cycle. Be careful, the paths can become muddy in case of rain.

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

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.