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Ossuaire de Douaumont walks
Verdun battlefields
Visorando Member
5.63 mi
+449 ft
-463 ft
3h 00
Easy
Departure from Fleury-devant-Douaumont (Meuse)
Connect, in 9 km, the memorial, the destroyed village of Fleury, the ossuary, the Zigzag Trench and Fort Douaumont.
Froideterre Fortification, Douaumont Ossuary and Zigzag Trench
Association / Club / Walk leader
7.22 mi
+768 ft
-755 ft
4h 00
Moderate
Departure from Bras-sur-Meuse (Meuse)
This history-filled route allows you to discover structures, shelters, command posts, entrenchments and an intermediate ammunition shelter still in good condition, as well as some remains of trenches and isolated combat posts.
Around Douaumont
7.61 mi
+840 ft
-866 ft
4h 15
Moderate
Departure from Fleury-devant-Douaumont (Meuse)
A route steeped in the history of the Great War.This route offers a chance to explore the woods replanted following the 1914–1918 war between France and Germany.There are several historical remains to explore, such as bunkers, shelters and buildings including the Douaumont Ossuary and Fort Douaumont.
From the Verdun Memorial to Bezonvaux via Fort Douaumont
10.83 mi
+840 ft
-833 ft
5h 45
Moderate
Departure from Fleury-devant-Douaumont (Meuse)
This walk takes you past many ruined structures, a destroyed village, monuments, memorial stones and recently restored trenches. It passes by Fort Douaumont and the Douaumont Cemetery. Look carefully at the ground – you’ll still find plenty of shell fragments and sometimes even whole shells.