UNESCO World Heritage Site

Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)

Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) is a cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site in France, inscribed in 2023.

All along the Western Front of the First World War, which stretched for some 700 km from the North Sea to the Franco-Swiss border, a series of 139 funerary and memorial sites bear witness to the common desire of the various parties involved in the conflict to honour their childre

All along the Western Front of the First World War, which stretched for some 700 km from the North Sea to the Franco-Swiss border, a series of 139 funerary and memorial sites bear witness to the common desire of the various parties involved in the conflict to honour their children who fell in battle.

Country
France
Region
Europe
Category
Cultural
Inscribed
2023
UNESCO reference
1567
Area
880 ha

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