Detail View: SHIMMER: National Military Cemetery
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Title:
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National Military Cemetery
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Caption:
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(Nécropole Nationale du Faubourg-Pavé)
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Image Date:
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2011
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Period:
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20th century
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Location:
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Verdun, Meuse
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Country:
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FRANCE
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Display Creator:
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CUVELLE, Léon
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Terms:
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Dark tourism
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Image ID:
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11-2112
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Description:
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Exterior view: sculptural monument at the entrance to the cemetery: text reads: 'Aux Victimes de la Barbarie Nazie - Aux Suppliciés et Fusillés Connus et Inconnus 1914-1918 1939-1945'. The sculptor, CUVELLE, had been a prisoner of war in WW1. Location: The national military cemetery on the outskirts of Verdun. Located adjacent to the town's civic cemetery. The cemetery contains the graves of 4,884 men of various denominations. Also a memorial to victims of Nazi atrocities. The central monument is surrounded by seven graves of unidentified soldiers selected from battlefields throughout France. An eighth body selected at the same time now lies in the tomb of the unknown warrior in Paris.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Related Information:
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Chemins de memoire. For more information see also < http://www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr/ > .
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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CUVELLE, Léon
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Creator Role:
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Sculptor and soldier.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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French.
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Subject Heading:
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War memorials -- France
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Subject Heading:
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Cemeteries -- France
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Subject Heading:
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Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of
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Subject Heading:
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Cemeteries -- France
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Subject Heading:
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Sculpture, French -- 1900-2000
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Subject Heading:
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Monuments -- France
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