Saint-Marcel – Paris’ patron saint
Saint-Marcel, one of the three patron saints and 9th Bishop of Paris, is known for his miracles which include defeating a dragon that terrorized the city
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Saint-Denis – Paris’ 1st bishop and patron saint
Legend of Saint-Denis, the first bishop of Paris who was martyred during the 3rd century and became one of the three patrons saints of the city
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Douaumont Ossuary and Cemetery – Verdun
Douaumont Ossuary and National Cemetery were open on the site of the Battle of Verdun to receive the remains of 146,142 soldiers who died there during WWI
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Cerny-en-Laonnois German War Cemetery
The Cerny-en-Laonnois German War Cemetery was opened in 1925 by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge to bury the 7,519 soldiers who died on the Chemin des Dames
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Cerny-en-Laonnois French War Cemetery – WWI
The Cerny-en-Laonnois French War Cemetery was opened between 1919 and 1925 to bury the 5,150 men who died during the Battle of the Chemin des Dames
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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
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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
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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
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National Military Cemetery Notre Dame de Lorette
National Military Cemetery Notre Dame de Lorette, the largest French military cemetery, gathers the remains of over 40.000 men killed in Artois and Flanders
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Remembrance Ring – Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
The Remembrance Ring, a monument inscribed with 579.606 names of soldiers killed during WWI, was inaugurated in 2014 to commemorate the Great War Centenary
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La Chapelle aux Saints – Neanderthal Grave
La Chapelle aux Saints, a small commune of Corrèze in the Limousin region where the burial ground of a 45,000 old Neanderthal adult was discovered in 1908
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Cimetière des Chiens – Dogs Cemetery
Cimetière des Chiens – Cemetery of Dogs and Other Domestic Animals in Asnières-sur-Seine, the sole animal necropolis in the world
