To be remembered The Douaumont Ossuary, built in 1932, is 137 meters long with a central tower of 46 meters high and houses about 130,000 bones of unidentified soldiers from the Battle of Verdun of 1916. The remains, impossible to identify due to the intensity of the bombings, are distributed in 46 vaults [...]
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To be remembered The Douaumont Ossuary, built in 1932, is 137 meters long with a central tower of 46 meters high and houses about 130,000 bones of unidentified soldiers from the Battle of Verdun of 1916. The remains, impossible to identify due to the intensity of the bombings, are distributed in 46 vaults [...]