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Granite tombs at the Douaumont ossuary, Verdun, France

Légende

20.05.2008, Verdun, Meuse, France - Granite tombs at the Douaumont ossuary (L'ossuaire de Douaumont) which contains the mortal remains of 130,000 unknown soldiers, built between 1920 and 1932 at a fortress in the centre of the battlefield. One of the biggest and bloodiest battles of the First World War and in history took place in 1916 in Verdun. The Hell of Verdun lasted several months and cost hundreds of thousands of lives. 00A080520D253CAROEX.JPG

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Photographe : Bastian

Date

20 mai 2008

Crédit

Photo12/Alamy/Agencja Fotograficzna Caro

Notre référence

LMY23T04_C37J4W

Utilisation

uniquement en France

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

36,4Mo (1,4Mo) / 37,0cm x 24,7cm / 4368 x 2912 (300dpi)

Mots clés

europe european france french germany german meuse verdun douaumont ossuary l'ossuaire de nation national history historic historical old memory remember remembrance remembering memorial place memento belief religion religious faith military cemetery europe european france french germany german meuse verdun douaumont ossuary l'ossuaire de nation national history historic historical old memory remember remembrance remembering memorial place memento belief religion religious faith military cemetery graveyard many mass lot lots multitude row rows columns pillars granite tombs grave graves same identical anonymity anonymous unknown soldiers first world war one i ww wwi ww1 great war battle die death dying offensive contemporary army symbol symbolic symbolical rest resting peace eternal eternally victims killed kill killing hell bloody blood sight landmark tourism tourist attraction travel journey building architecture architectural dark dim light floor ceiling tourists visitors people humans stand standing walk walking watch watching look looking interior indoor indoors horizontal granite tombs douaumont ossuary verdun france victims killed kill killing hell bloody blood sight landmark tourism tourist attraction travel journey building architecture architectural dark dim dim light floor ceiling tourists visitors people humans stand standing walk walking watch watching look looking interior indoor indoors horizontal