General Mangin Observation Tower
General Mangin Observation Tower is a scenic viewpoint in Fleury, Arrondissement of Soissons, Hauts-de-France. General Mangin Observation Tower is situated nearby to the basin Fontaine de Gosset, as well as near the town Villers-Cotterêts.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre de Puiseux-en-Retz and Guards’ Grave.
Église Saint-Pierre de Puiseux-en-Retz
Church
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Église Saint-Pierre de Puiseux-en-Retz is a church, which is situated 2 km northwest of General Mangin Observation Tower.
Guards’ Grave
Cemetery
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Guards' Grave is a military cemetery near Villers-Cotterêts in northern France, maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. In 1914, the British Expeditionary Force fought a rearguard action here during the Retreat from Mons. Guards’ Grave is situated 2 km west of General Mangin Observation Tower.
Château de Montgobert
Castle
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The Château de Montgobert in the midst of the Forest of Retz, near Soissons, in Montgobert, Aisne, Picardy, is a neoclassical French château that was built for Antoine Pierre Desplasses between 1768 and 1775 on the site of an ancient seigneurie. Château de Montgobert is situated 3 km north of General Mangin Observation Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villers-Cotterêts and Pisseleux.
Villers-Cotterêts
Town
Photo: Gilles Guillamot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villers-Cotterêts is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France, France. It is notable as the signing-place in 1539 of the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts discontinuing the use of Latin in official French documents, and as the birthplace in 1802 of French novelist Alexandre Dumas père. Villers-Cotterêts is situated 4½ km southwest of General Mangin Observation Tower.
Pisseleux
Suburb
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Pisseleux is a suburb, which is situated 6 km southwest of General Mangin Observation Tower.
Ancienville
Village
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Ancienville is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. Ancienville is situated 9 km southeast of General Mangin Observation Tower.
General Mangin Observation Tower
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Also known as: “Tour d’Observation Général Mangin”
- Categories: tower and tourism
- Location: Fleury, Arrondissement of Soissons, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.28153° or 49° 16′ 54″ northLongitude
3.14204° or 3° 8′ 31″ eastHeight
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
8FX574JR+JROpenStreetMap ID
way 541957710OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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