Mémorial des Commandos d’Afrique

Mémorial des Commandos d’Afrique is a memorial in Le Lavandou, Arrondissement of Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Mémorial des Commandos d’Afrique is situated nearby to the beach Plage de la Fossette, as well as near Plage d’Aiguebelle.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapelle Saint-Clair du Lavandou and Église Saint-Louis du Lavandou.

Church

Chapelle Saint-Clair du Lavandou is a church, which is situated 1½ km west of Mémorial des Commandos d’Afrique.

Church

Église Saint-Louis du Lavandou is a church, which is situated 2 km west of Mémorial des Commandos d’Afrique.

Nearby places include Bormes-les-Mimosas.

Bormes-les-Mimosas is a commune in the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, southeastern France. It has a Mediterranean climate. Bormes-les-Mimosas is a city in bloom and won the 2003 Gold Medal awarded by the Entente Florale.

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “En hommage aux groupes des commandos d’Afrique ayant escaladé la falaise du Cap Nègre et débarqués sur les plages du Lavandou dans la nuit du 14 au 15 août 1944.”
Category: historic site
Location: Le Lavandou, Arrondissement of Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude

43.14523° or 43° 8′ 43″ north

Longitude

6.397° or 6° 23′ 49″ east

Open location code

8FM849WW+3Q

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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