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Sunday 19 September 2021, 11:00Passed
Conditions
Free. Reservation required.
September 2021
Sunday 19
11:00 - 12:00
Accessible to the motor impaired
18 to 99 years old

Discover the history of Eastern fortifications: shifting borders and defense systems

This guided tour presents the evolution of the fortification and its use from Séré de Rivières to the Maginot line.
Sunday 19 September 2021, 11:00Passed
Conditions
Free. Reservation required.
©Designers Unit

This guided tour presents the evolution of the fortification and its use from Séré de Rivières to the Maginot line.

The guided tour is commented by Nicolas Czubak, scientific advisor of the exhibition 'On ne passe pas! The fortifications, from the Séré de Rivières system to the Maginot line».
The land of contact between France and Germany, the East of France has always been a zone of fighting crossed by shifting borders.
To protect these borders, the construction of fortifications proliferates. Regularly attacked, the fortifications are modernized to resist ever more powerful means of destruction.
This route is based on the experience and testimonies of the men at the heart of the fortification system. It takes up step by step their evolutions: the design of the structures, the construction, the life of the crews occupying the forts and their fighting experience.

Types d'événement
Visite commentée / Conférence
Thème 2021
No selection
Conditions de participation
Gratuit

About the location

Mémorial de Verdun
1 avenue du Corps Européen, 55100 Fleury-devant-Douaumont
  • Meuse
  • Grand Est
At the heart of the hills of Verdun, still devastated by the millions of shells which caused the death of more than 30 000 people and made 400 000 wounded persons within one year, the memorial of Verdun redraws the history(story) of the most famous battle of the World War I. He(It) matters(counts) among the main European museums of First World War.
Tags
Édifice commémoratif, Musée, salle d'exposition
Access
On-the-spot parking lot
©Jean-Marie Mangeot