En mémoire des tirailleurs africains

En mémoire des tirailleurs africains is a memorial in Vaux-devant-Damloup, Arrondissement of Verdun, Grand Est. En mémoire des tirailleurs africains is situated nearby to the ruins Casemate de Bourges, as well as near Fort Douaumont.

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Fort Douaumont

Photo: Historicair, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Douaumont was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun, France, since the 1890s. Fort Douaumont is situated 130 metres north of En mémoire des tirailleurs africains.

Chapelle Saint-Hilaire de Douaumont

Church

Photo: Aimelaime, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chapelle Saint-Hilaire de Douaumont is a church, which is situated 680 metres northwest of En mémoire des tirailleurs africains.

Douaumont Ossuary

Memorial

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Douaumont Ossuary is a memorial containing the skeletal remains of soldiers who died on the battlefield during the Battle of Verdun in World War I. Douaumont Ossuary is situated 1¼ km southwest of En mémoire des tirailleurs africains.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Verdun and Gremilly.

Verdun

Photo: Duhjeroen, Public domain.

Verdun is a city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department. In 843, the Treaty of Verdun, which divided the Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms—considered the foundation of Germany and France—was signed there.

Gremilly

Village

Photo: Aimelaime, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gremilly is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Gremilly is situated 7 km northeast of En mémoire des tirailleurs africains.

En mémoire des tirailleurs africains

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: Vaux-devant-Damloup, Arrondissement of Verdun, Meuse, Grand Est, France, Europe
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Latitude

49.21576° or 49° 12′ 57″ north

Longitude

5.43832° or 5° 26′ 18″ east

Open location code

8FX76C8Q+88

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4539733351

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Casemate de Bourges and Abri d’infanterie DV1.

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