Museum of the Great War
The Museum of the Great War located near the heart of the World War I Somme battlefields, is housed within the Château de Péronne, a castle in the town of Péronne, France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Péronne and Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Péronne
Church
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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Péronne is a church, which is situated 310 metres east of Museum of the Great War.
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
Cemetery
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Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension is situated 1 km north of Museum of the Great War.
Église Saint-Médard de Biaches
Church
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Église Saint-Médard de Biaches is a church, which is situated 1½ km west of Museum of the Great War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biaches and Doingt.
Biaches
Village
Photo: APictche, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Biaches is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Doingt
Village
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Doingt is a commune in the Somme department of Hauts-de-France in northern France. Doingt is situated 2½ km east of Museum of the Great War.
Éterpigny
Village
Photo: APictche, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Éterpigny is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Éterpigny is situated 4 km south of Museum of the Great War.
Museum of the Great War
- Type: Museum
- Description: military museum
- Categories: cultural history museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Péronne, Arrondissement of Péronne, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.92919° or 49° 55′ 45″ northLongitude
2.93069° or 2° 55′ 51″ eastElevation
55 metres (180 feet)Open location code
8FX4WWHJ+M7OpenStreetMap ID
way 193012404OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
7626252Wikidata ID
Q1620783
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Bokmål—“Museum of the Great War” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Museum van de Eerste Wereldoorlog”
- French: “château de Péronne”
- French: “Historial de la Grande Guerre”
- French: “Historial de Péronne”
- French: “Historial”
- German: “Historial de la Grande Guerre”
- Greek: “Ιστορικό του Μεγάλου Πολέμου”
- Greek: “Μουσείο του Μεγάλου Πολέμου”
- Italian: “Museo della Grande Guerra”
- Japanese: “大戦の歴史博物館”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Museum om første verdenskrig”
- Norwegian: “Historial de la Grande Guerre”
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