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The old city tour of Verdun is very impressive to see.

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.

It is nice to see that the water level of the canal is much higher than the water level of the stream.

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

A place of remembrance in a site steeped in history.

This impressive memorial, erected in 1938 by architect Stern, commemorates the French, Allied and foreign Jewish soldiers who died during the First World War. The 25-metre-long stele symbolises their sacrifice and is a rare tribute to the Jewish contribution to the war effort in France.

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.

Since 2006, a monument has stood on the hill of Douaumont in memory of the 30,000 Muslim soldiers who died for France during the First World War. Inaugurated by President Jacques Chirac, it consists of a semicircular gallery with Arab architectural elements. In the middle is a column with the inscription: “À la mémoire des soldats musulmans morts pour la France”. The monument recognizes the diversity of the French army and honors the contribution of soldiers from North Africa and other parts of the then French empire.