Commemorative sites
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Fort des Mille-Fourches (62)
Fortifications
The fort des Mille-Fourches was constructed between 1887 and 1890. It operated in conjunction with the fort de la Forca, of which it is a copy. The Redoubt of les Trois Communes, built later, protects them both.
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Memorial to Montluc Prison (69)
Camp d'internement
Built in the 1920s, the prison stands opposite the fort of the same name in an industrial district of Lyon.
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La Chapelle Saint-Louis de l' Ecole Militaire
La Chapelle Saint-Louis de l' Ecole Militaire (75)
Built during the reign of Louis XV, la chapelle St-Louis de l'Ecole Militaire is original evidence of the architectural heritage of the 18th century.
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Mayenne Deportee Memorial ()
Mémoriaux
The Memorial was inaugurated on 25 April 2012 in Mayenne and opened to the public on 3 May 2012.
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The Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure National Cemetery and Memorial
The Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure National Cemetery and Memorial (16)
Fortifications
The Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure National Cemetery and Memorial (Nécropole nationale et mémorial de Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure) were erected to the memory of soldiers killed in action and of the 1,465 martyrs of the Resistance.
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Père-Lachaise cemetery (75)
Nécropoles
Originally nestled in Territoire de Charonne (modern-day eastern Paris). Became a cemetery when it was bought by the City of Paris in 1803.
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Seclin (59)
Fortifications
Seclin fort, cavalry and artillery museum.
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Cantigny (80)
Monuments historiques
The battle of Cantigny in May 1918 was the first major American engagement of the Great War.
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L'hôtel de Brienne (75)
Built in the 18th century, the Hôtel de Brienne had several owners before it was purchased by the State in 1817. Today it is home to the Ministry of Defence.
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The Fort du Questel (29)
Fortifications
This fort watches over the junction of the valleys of le Moulin du Buis where the enemy could set up camp in order to bombard Brest.
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Fort de Bouc (13)
Fortifications
Known as the Caserne Suffren de Martigues and Fort Vauban, this fort is located at the entrance to the étang de Caronte, which connects the étang de Berre to the Mediterranean Sea.
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Le Grand Bunker - Atlantic Wall Museum
Le Grand Bunker - Atlantic Wall Museum (14)
Musées
The " Atlantic Wall Museum " at Ouistreham, in Calvados, is situated inside the former German Headquarters that commanded the defences of the mouth of the Orne river and the Caen canal.
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Ben M'Sick French Military Cemetery in Casablanca
Ben M'Sick French Military Cemetery in Casablanca (Ma)
Nécropoles
This cemetery contains the graves of soldiers killed in Morocco during the period of the French Protectorate between 1907 and 1956.
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Brest (29)
Musées
Brest Castle...
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Notre-Dame de Lorette (62)
Nécropoles
The impressive Necropolis of the First World War and its basilica.
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Haut-Languedoc Museum of Protestantism
Haut-Languedoc Museum of Protestantism (81)
Musées
This museum offers a historical journey from the 16th century to the present day with strong emphasis on local aspects.
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Balaguier Fort at Seyne-sur-Mer
Balaguier Fort at Seyne-sur-Mer (83)
Fortifications
This 17th century fort was built to protect the entrance to Toulon harbour.
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Immerhof (57)
Fortifications
The only completely open-air fort to have been constructed on the Line, it forms part of the fortified Thionville sector.
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The La Rochelle Maritime Museum
The La Rochelle Maritime Museum (17)
Musées
Founded in 1988 by the La Rochelle Maritime Museum Association, the government agency set about highlighting France's maritime heritage.
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The destroyed village of Ornes
The destroyed village of Ornes (55)
A few traces still remain of this village destroyed in 1916. A chapel was erected on the site ...
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Maison des enfants juifs déportés, Izieu
Maison des enfants juifs déportés, Izieu (01)
Mémoriaux
The Maison d'Izieu is the only institution in France that keeps alive the memory of all those Jewish children who, having lived in hiding, were rounded up and deported during the Second World War...
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Charles de Gaulle Historial (75)
Musées
Neither a memorial nor a museum, the Historial is an avant-garde place of learning with the emphasis on images, in all their forms, through the use of various interactive devices.
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Museum of Parachuting (64)
Musées
This museum traces the history of French parachutists from their creation to the present day.
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Fort at Ivry-sur-Seine (94)
Fortifications
This fort, constructed between 1841 and 1845, was modified after the war of 1870 in order to defend Paris.
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The Monument National de la Gendarmerie
The Monument National de la Gendarmerie (78)
Monuments historiques
In 1935, military members of the gendarme movement and public figures came together to study and propose plans to commission a monument to pay homage to and commemorate the history of the movement.
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French Military Cemetery in Keelung
French Military Cemetery in Keelung (Tw)
Nécropoles
This cemetery in Keelung, Taiwan, contains the remains of seven hundred officers, NCOs and soldiers killed in 1884-1885.
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Camaret Memorial Museum of the Battle of the Atlantic
Camaret Memorial Museum of the Battle of the Atlantic (29)
Mémoriaux
Located in the town of Camaret, the Memorial Museum of the Battle of the Atlantic is housed entirely inside a casemate.
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Radar museum - Douvres-la-Délivrande
Radar museum - Douvres-la-Délivrande (14)
Musées
Douvres-la-Délivrande is the site of a British cemetery with over 2,000 graves and a museum on the history of the radar.
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La Sablière - the sand quarry where the Châteaubriant hostages were shot
La Sablière - the sand quarry where the Châteaubriant hostages were shot (44)
Musées
The Sablière site, a listed historic monument, is a place of remembrance and history
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Saint-Charles-de-Potyze National Cemetery
Saint-Charles-de-Potyze National Cemetery (Bel)
Nécropoles
The French Military Cemetery in Ypres contains nearly 4,200 tombs of soldiers who gave their lives for France.
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The Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan Memorial Museum
The Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan Memorial Museum (56)
Musées
The Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan Memorial Museum .
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The National Necropolises at Soupir
The National Necropolises at Soupir (02)
Nécropoles
The local district of Soupir is home to the three national necropolises of Soupir
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Colonel Driant's Division (55)
The orders were to keep going until the end. Colonel Driant asks to join the front and is put in charge of two battalions of chasseurs north of Verdun.
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Fort de Villy-la-Ferté (08)
Fortifications
This fort on the Maginot Line was stormed by the German army. All the occupants died of asphyxiation during the battle in May 1940.
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The Bel-Air cemetery in Dakar (Sen)
Nécropoles
The Bel-Air cemetery contains the graves of 1707 French metropolitan soldiers and Senegalese tirailleurs who died between 1927 and1963.
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Hirson (02)
Fortifications
The Hirson Blockhouse line.
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Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure Cemetery and Memorial
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure Cemetery and Memorial (16)
Mémoriaux
The Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure National Cemetery and Memorial (Nécropole nationale et mémorial de Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure) were erected to the memory of soldiers killed in action and of the 1,465 martyrs of the Resistance.
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Froideterre Fortification (55)
Fortifications
Forming part of the entrenched camp of Verdun, Froideterre cordons off the northern edge of the town between the Meuse valley and the hills on the right banks.
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Bastia Citadel (71)
Fortifications
Bastia was founded in the 14th century and was the capital of Corsica throughout the period of Genoese domination until 1768.
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Mont-Bart Fort (25)
Fortifications
Mont-Bart Fort, which was built between 1873 and 1877, was a link in the national defensive chain constructed after the 1870 defeat. It complemented the Belfort defensive belt by preventing invaders from circumventing it.
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The “Gueules Cassées” cemetery in Cadillac
The “Gueules Cassées” cemetery in Cadillac (33)
Nécropoles
The grounds of the psychiatric hospital in Cadillac received 98 veterans with facial and brain injuries; its old cemetery keeps their memory alive.
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Museum of Old Mazères (09)
Musées
At the heart of the old walled town of Mazères stands the handsome Hôtel d'Ardouin. This houses the Museum of Old Mazères.
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Memorial to the Resistance and Deportation in Loire
Memorial to the Resistance and Deportation in Loire (42)
Mémoriaux
The memorial upholds the memory of the resistance fighters and deportees from Saint-Etienne during the Second World War.
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The National Necropolis in Retaud
The National Necropolis in Retaud (17)
Nécropoles
The Necropolis in Retaud contains the bodies of 330 French servicemen killed in the operations carried out along the western front at Royan and la Pointe de Grave. 129 graves are surmounted by Muslim steles,
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The Mont-Dauphin citadel (05)
Fortifications
Entirely built by Vauban from1693 onwards, the citadel was intended to prevent access from the Valley of the Durance by the troops of the Duke of the Savoie.
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Fort Uxegney (88)
Fortifications
Fort Uxegney is a striking summary of the development of fortification techniques between 1870 and 1914.
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Les Eparges (55)
Les Eparges ridge was the subject of several violent battles, in which tens of thousands of men died...
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Defence system and fortifications around Langres
Defence system and fortifications around Langres (52)
Fortifications
The Langres defence system is one of the only such systems never to have been subjected to enemy fire.