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Verdun - Walking through Verdun

Welcome to Verdun... Links to all of the pages related to Verdun are at the bottom of this page. These photos are from a recent trip my brother in law Jean Pierre and I made together.

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Verdun - walking by the canal which leads to the Meuse River

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Verdun - pastry shop where we grabbed a couple of sandwiches and some Evian

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Verdun - 12 - view of the Meuse toward the Port Chaussee

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Verdun - Jean Pierre looking at the historical signs

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Verdun - Port Chaussee - this bridge was completely ruined during the war

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Monument to the Children of Verdun - across from the tourist information center. Not sure who they are, but probably various iterations of the French "poilu" - grunt who bore the hells of Verdun.

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Verdun - Notre Dame de Verdun - this was the first place hit during the battle

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Verdun - Not sure who this is but probably Petain or Nivelle

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Verdun - This is on the west bank of the Meuse. This warrior looks over Verdun.

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Verdun - continue south west from the warrior and it leads to the cathedral.

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Verdun - Cathedral

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Verdun - part of the old ramparts above the Citadelle

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Verdun - a beautiful Peugeot 406 coupe. The Citadelle is to the left.

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Verdun - heading out to the battlefields. Things don't change at all. Imagine this photo in sepia and it would look like a shot of the countryside during World War I.



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