Fort Douaumont

Fort Douaumont was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of , , since the 1890s.
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Photo: Historicair, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapelle Saint-Hilaire de Douaumont and Douaumont Ossuary.

Church
Photo: Aimelaime, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 640 metres northwest of Fort Douaumont.

Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a of soldiers who died on the battlefield during the Battle of Verdun in World War I. is situated 1½ km southwest of Fort Douaumont.

Memorial
Photo: PMRMaeyaert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a First World War memorial near Verdun, France. The 1920 concrete structure encloses the graves of French soldiers who died on the site, which was a military trench, in June 1916 during the Battle of Verdun. is situated 1 km west of Fort Douaumont.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gremilly and Verdun.

Village
Photo: Aimelaime, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in in north-eastern . is situated 7 km northeast of Fort Douaumont.

Photo: Duhjeroen, Public domain.
is a city in the department in , northeastern . It is an arrondissement of the department. In 843, the Treaty of , which divided the Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms—considered the foundation of Germany and France—was signed there.

Fort Douaumont

Latitude
49.21685° or 49° 13′ 1″ north
Longitude
5.43883° or 5° 26′ 20″ east
Elevation
346 metres (1,135 feet)
Inception
19th century
Open location code
8FX76C8Q+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 244501602
Open­Street­Map feature
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historic=­fort
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military=­fort
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tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
12534722
Wiki­data ID
Q186536
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Satellite Map

Discover Fort Douaumont from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Turkish—“Fort Douaumont” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Kreñvlec’h Douaumont”
  • Catalan: “Fort de Douaumont”
  • Chinese: “杜欧蒙堡”
  • Chinese: “杜欧蒙要塞”
  • Chinese: “杜歐蒙要塞”
  • Czech: “Fort Douaumont”
  • Czech: “Pevnost Douaumont”
  • Danish: “Fort Douaumont”
  • Dutch: “Fort Douaumont”
  • Dutch: “Fort van Douaumont”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن دوماون”
  • French: “fort de Douaumont”
  • French: “Fort de Douaumont”
  • German: “Fort Douaumont”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר דואומון”
  • Italian: “Fort de Douaumont”
  • Italian: “Fort Douaumont”
  • Japanese: “ドゥオモン堡塁”
  • Japanese: “ドゥオモン要塞”
  • Latin: “Castrum Douaumontense”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Douaumont”
  • Russian: “Дуомон”
  • Russian: “форт Дуомон”
  • Russian: “Форт Дуомон”
  • Slovenian: “fort de Douaumont”
  • Slovenian: “utrdba Douaumont”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte Douaumont”
  • Turkish: “Douaumont Hisarı”

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