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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Terms:
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Dark tourism
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Image ID:
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11-2105
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Description:
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Exterior detail: individual graves in the cemetery. 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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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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Crosses
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