Necropole Nationale Francaise de Notre-Dame de Lorette

Very interesting.

I was fortunate to visit the Nécropole as part of a work event. It is an extremely interesting site, honouring the memory of so many thousands of the fallen, whose graves were consolidated into this c...

The scale is breathtaking and frightening

Like many other military cemeteries, it’s the scale which takes your breath away. The inside of the church is so incongruous with what it represents. Unfortunately the Lantern Tower was being repair...

Very Humbling

What can I say, I have been all over the western front about 21 times in total, my extended family lost ten men in ww1 5 of whom I have found and paid my respects. Notre Dame really is stunning, much ...

Emotional, confronting, amazing

The scale of this French memorial demonstrates the enormity of the human loss that occurred those many many years ago. To walk in the gates stirs deep emotion for both French and non-French. Beautif...

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Original Text

The truth is that there are monuments that you just need to look at them to understand how great they represent, and this is one of them.