The Cerny-en-Laonnois German War Cemetery was opened in 1925 by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge to bury the men who died on the Chemin des Dames
Month: May 2015
Cerny-en-Laonnois French War Cemetery – WWI
The Cerny-en-Laonnois French War Cemetery was opened between 1919 and 1925 to bury the men who died during the Battle of the Chemin des Dames
Cerny-en-Laonnois – Chemin des Dames – Aisne
The WWI Memorial Chapel of the Chemin des Dames, Lantern of the Dead and British Memorial Column were erected in the village Cerny-en-Laonnois in the Aisne
Mers-les-Bains seaside resort – Opal Coast
Mers-les-Bains seaside resort is located on the Opal Coast in Picardie and pooled with Le Tréport an Eu, and is renown for its Belle Epoque architecture
Calais port and citadel – Historical facts
Calais, a port and citadel saved from destruction by the Bourgeois de Calais, the local notables who handed over the city’s keys to the English king in 1347
Opal Coast – Cote d’Opale – Pas-de-Calais
Opal Coast, the 120kms long Pas-de-Calais and Picardie coastline, that spreads from Dunkerque near Belgium, to Mers-les-Bains at the boundary with Normandie
Grand Rex cinema – Boulevard Poissonniere
The Art Deco Grand Rex, the largest cinema in Europe and a small replica of New-York Radio City Music Hall, was built by the architects Bluysen and Eberson
Square Gabriel Pierne – Saint-Germain-des-Prés
The Square Gabriel Pierne, a small public garden with fun benches shaped like open books, located behind the Institute of France in Saint-Germain-des-Prés
La Targette British Cemetery – Neuville-Saint-Vaast
La Targette British Cemetery was opened in Neuville-Saint-Vaast to bury the soldiers who fell while attacking Vimy Ridge during the Battle of Arras in 1917
La Targette French cemetery – Neuville-Saint-Vaast
La Targette French war cemetery in Neuville-Saint-Vaast in Pas-de-Calais contains the remains of the soldiers killed in 1915 during the 2nd Battle of Artois
Quai Branly Museum Vertical Garden – Paris
The Quai Branly Museum Vertical Garden, a natural ecosystem, a refuge for biodiversity and an important element of urban ecology, in the heart of Paris
Neuville-Saint-Vaast German War Cemetery
Neuville-Saint-Vaast German War Cemetery, is the largest WWI German cemetery in France and contains the remains of 44, 833 German soldiers killed in Artois