The museum opens its doors free of charge!

Name: The museum opens its doors free of charge!
Start: 2022-09-17T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Musée de la Guerre de 1870

Discover the War Museum 1870 in Loigny-la-Bataille

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free entrance, without reservation

Musée de la guerre 1870 - Loigny-la-Bataille

Discover the war of 1870: helmets, uniforms, rifles, knives, shells testify to the harshness of the fighting. Retrace the course of the armies on the touch tables and replay the battle of Loigny, on the French and Prussian sides. Immerse yourself in the battles of December 2, 1870 with a great show combining images and objects. Visit the church and ossuary that perpetuate the memory of the 9,000 victims of the fighting.Understand the importance of the 1870 war on the destiny of 20th century Europe.

About the location

Musée de la Guerre de 1870

Place du 2-décembre-1870 28140 Loigny-la-Bataille

Eure-et-Loir
Centre-Val de Loire

Loigny-la-Bataille is a commemorative site on the war of 1870\. After the fall of Metz and the capture of Napoleon III in Sedan, there is renewed hope with the army of the Loire which advances to free(deliver) besieged Paris. The forehead(front) spreads out on about hundred kilometres. December 2nd, 1870, in Loigny, 40 000 French fight against 35 000 Prussian and Bavarian. The French army sags, the brigade of the general de Sonis tries(tempts) in a crazy load(responsibility), to restore situation. In its breast, the zouaves(clowns) Pontificaux du colonels de Charette put together behind their flag "Heart of Jesus, Save France" lose two thirds(third parties) of their staff(size). In this close of day, 9000 French and Germanic victims are counted. In the memorial (the new church), the history(story) of battle through paintings(boards), via the crypt and the ossuary will be discovered. In the museum is kept the memory of the French soldiers (among whom the pontifical Zouaves(Clowns)) and from German: uniforms, weapons, helmets(headphones). A path(way) of Memory allows to discover 10 sites all around Loigny of whom(which) the table of orientation in the Cross of Sonis (400 m of Loigny towards Terminiers).