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

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Fort Duomont is an interesting historical site. Here you can practically feel the claustrophobia the soldiers must have experienced while fighting here. It's also impressive to think how many died trying to capture this hill.

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Caution, there's a tree across the path. It's possible to bypass it.

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The weight of history and sacrifice. Not to be missed.

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Point X marks the eastern end of the Crête des Éparges, where fierce fighting took place between French and German troops in April 1915. It was captured by the 8th Infantry Regiment after heavy mine warfare and trench warfare. Today, a monument stands here in memory of the thousands of soldiers who fought and died here. The area is still marked by craters and trenches.

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This serene military cemetery was founded in 1915 and is the home of 2,960 French soldiers who fell during the bloody battles around the Crête des Éparges. Among them was Robert Porchon, friend of the writer Maurice Genevoix. The necropolis is located in the Hadimel ravine, at the foot of the ridge, and contains an ossuary with 852 unknown soldiers. A silent witness to the hell of trench warfare.

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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.

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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.

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Monument in memory of André Maginot, a French politician who volunteered for the army in 1914. He was wounded near Verdun, but remained bravely at his post. After the war, as a minister, he committed himself to strengthening the French defense, which eventually led to the construction of the famous Maginot Line.

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Built in 1881 above the Tunnel de Tavannes to reinforce the inner defensive belt of Verdun. The battery had three firing platforms and a traverse shelter, and was originally armed with two 220 mm mortars and one 22 cm smoothbore mortar. In 1900 it was disarmed and reused during the Battle of Verdun (1916) as an ammunition depot and shelter for troops. The traverse shelter is the best preserved element visible today.

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The Meuse and the Canal de Meuse run together near the city of Verdun through the Maasvlakte. Know that it can be quite busy here. Enjoy together, each at their own pace.

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This monument represents the mass grave where on 22 December 1944 the mutilated bodies of 16 resistance fighters, slaughtered by the Gestapo, were found at the southern entrance of the Tavennes tunnel. Among the victims were 15 French, 1 Belgian and 1 unknown. A plaque lists the names of these brave men who died as heroes in the fight against the Germans. These brave men were killed at dawn on 31 August 1944. A panel gives a face to all but a few of the murdered victims. A place where no lessons were learned from the First World War.

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The Verdun Memorial, located in Fleury, and the forts of Douaumont and Vaux lie at the heart of the Verdun battlefield, on the heights of the town of Verdun. The memorial was built on the site of the former railway station in the ruined village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont.

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Beautiful monument as a tribute to André Maginot

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Batterie du Tunnel is a silent witness to the Great War. You can easily park at this location and explore the war past in the immediate vicinity. Information about battery 8-6: This battery with three guns was built in 1881 on top of the Tavannes tunnel and had three firing platforms and a shelter. During the Battle of Verdun, the battery was not rearmed, but served as an ammunition depot and as a shelter for the troops. This battery is the only remnant in the immediate vicinity that can still be entered safely. More information can be found on site.

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The cycle path runs next to the canal and saves you the trip over the mountain.

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Not too much D+ but the pleasure is omnipresent in this multitude of singles. Take the time to sit down but watch out for mosquitoes..

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Take a moment to pause between the ossuary and this stone garden; tranquility reigns here. Don't forget to thank our brave soldiers for their ultimate sacrifice.

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Be careful of roots and slopes which could send you swimming in shell holes filled with water during wet weather.

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Be careful when exiting this metal path going back up to Fleury, there is a big hole often filled with water.

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