{"id":20652,"date":"2025-06-24T16:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/sites-of-memory\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T16:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:28:20","slug":"sites-of-memory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/en\/activities-visits\/culture-heritage\/sites-of-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Sites of memory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull pattern-text-100 has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-63fbf5b9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Marne, a century of memory<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-text-color has-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-grey-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center patterns-underline wp-block-paragraph\">The Marne was at the heart of the battles of the First World War, and even today, every site bears the scars of that war, still visible today, and high places of remembrance invite you to reflect.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Even today, the Marne bears witness to its determination not to forget, in particular through its impressive and unique memorial heritage. There are many sites to discover and learn more about our past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center patterns-underline wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fort de la Pompelle, Monument de Mondement, Monument de Navarin, M\u00e9morial National des batailles de la Marne \u00e0 Dormans, Centre d&#8217;Interpr\u00e9tation Marne 14-18 \u00e0 Suippes, Mont-Moret<\/strong>, remembrance sites in <strong>Argonne<\/strong> and numerous military cemeteries, the memory of the last century beckons and can be discovered as you visit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull pattern-summary has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t<div class=\"fsgb-block-link-mosaic is-style-summary\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/activites-visites\/culture-patrimoine\/marne14-18\/la-marne-dans-la-grande-guerre\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dsc-9377.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-link-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"link-title\">La Marne dans la grande guerre<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/06\/russe4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-link-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"link-title\">N\u00e9cropoles &#038; cimeti\u00e8res militaires<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/06\/le-banc-dedie-a-ovington.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-link-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"link-title\">Greeters &#038; M\u00e9moire de la Grande Guerre<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/activites-visites\/culture-patrimoine\/__trashed\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/06\/memorial-dormanscr-kiezer-coll-adt-marne.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-link-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"link-title\">Mus\u00e9es &#038; Centre d&#8217;interpr\u00e9tation<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/activites-visites\/culture-patrimoine\/sites-de-memoire\/sites-de-memoire-unesco\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/06\/panoramique-de-la-chapelle-russe-saint-hilaire-le-grandcc-manquillet-coll-adt-marne2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-link-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"link-title\">Sites de m\u00e9moire UNESCO<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/activites-visites\/culture-patrimoine\/sites-de-memoire\/sites-et-monuments-de-memoire\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/suip-400x181.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Center d&#039;Interpr\u00e9tation Marne 14-18 - Suippes \u00a9 Centre d&#039;Interpr\u00e9tation Marne 14-18 - Suippes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/suip-400x181.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/suip-640x290.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/suip-1280x580.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/suip-768x348.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/suip-1536x696.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/suip.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-link-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"link-title\">Sites et monuments de m\u00e9moire<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">Memorial sites and monuments<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull pattern-text-50-media-50-full has-brown-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-addd0515 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column col-media is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"La Marne 14-18, 1 si\u00e8cle de m\u00e9moire\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ql_p2OyE27g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column col-content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>THE MARNE 14-18, A CENTURY OF REMEMBRANCE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-grey-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">La Marne, the name of the two decisive battles of the Great War; the name of a territory that even today, through its deep scars, bears witness to the bitter fighting that went on there throughout the Great War, from 1914 to 1918.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">Emblematic monuments and numerous cemeteries line the route of the old front. A multitude of nationalities are represented here, and the soil of the Marne region holds the largest number of military graves of any French department, with 164,145 soldiers&#8217; graves. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section style=\"background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1erbataille-de-la-marne-droits-reserves-opacity.jpg&apos;);background-size:cover;\" class=\"wp-block-group alignfull pattern-text-100 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-63fbf5b9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The lost battalion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-accent-1-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-accent-1-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"patterns-underline wp-block-paragraph\">Come and enjoy a unique and captivating experience at the Suippes MARNE 14-18 Interpretation Centre!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3\"><strong>READY FOR THE CHALLENGE?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Armed with a tablet, you have 60 minutes to find and save the men of the lost battalion. To do so, you&#8217;ll need logic, speed and cold blood.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ages 12 and up ( 12 to 15 accompanied by an adult )<br\/>Wednesdays and Saturdays, in French only, by prior arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-color has-accent-1-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marne14-18.fr\/index.php\/le-bataillon-perdu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Info &amp; Booking<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull pattern-text-50-media-50-full has-middleground-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-addd0515 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column col-content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Marne: a heavy toll from the &#8220;Great War<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-grey-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-grey-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four major battles took place on the Champagne front:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The powerful French offensive of September 25, 1915,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The recapture of the Moronvilliers massif in April\/May 1917<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>General Gouraud&#8217;s 4th Army thwarted the final German attack, the &#8220;FRIEDENSTURM&#8221;, on July 15, 1918.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and finally the victorious Franco-American offensive of September 26, 1918, which liberated Sommepy and ended at Sedan on November 11.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column col-media is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fort-de-la-pompelle-reimscc-manquillet-coll-adt-marne2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11006\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fort-de-la-pompelle-reimscc-manquillet-coll-adt-marne2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fort-de-la-pompelle-reimscc-manquillet-coll-adt-marne2-640x400.jpg 640w, https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fort-de-la-pompelle-reimscc-manquillet-coll-adt-marne2-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fort-de-la-pompelle-reimscc-manquillet-coll-adt-marne2-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull pattern-text-100 has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-63fbf5b9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Search for graves<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-accent-1-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-accent-1-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"patterns-underline wp-block-paragraph\">It is sometimes difficult to locate the place where a soldier fell during the First World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.memorialgenweb.org\/memorial3\/html\/fr\/index.php\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MEMORIALGENWEB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MemorialGenWeb offers a comprehensive database, enabling you to efficiently search for graves (necropolises, military squares, isolated graves). It provides a breakdown by department and by commune of the memorial heritage of contemporary conflicts, and for each &#8220;Died for France&#8221; listed, an individual record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MEMORIES OF MEN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"patterns-underline wp-block-paragraph\">This site, from the French Ministry of Defense&#8217;s Direction de la M\u00e9moire, du Patrimoine et des Archives (DMPA), enables you to search for people who died in contemporary conflicts, using databases that can be consulted online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull pattern-bubble-links has-middleground-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-large);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-large)\">\n\t<div class=\"fsgb-block-link-mosaic is-style-bubbles alignwide\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marne14-18.fr\/index.php\/circuit-de-memoire\/les-sites-remarquables\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"93\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/06\/logo-marne1418.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-link-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"link-title\">Circuits Audio<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/nos-brochures\/?_themes=5f2fe30d-0c27-4f31-8395-70503ba5a3f3\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-link-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"link-title\">Brochures th\u00e9matiques<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/fr\/app\/idvizit\/id1235093623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/tourisme-en-champagne.com\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/06\/idvizit.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-link-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"link-title\">Circuits num\u00e9rique<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marne, a century of memory The Marne was at the heart of the battles of the First World War, and even today, every site bears the scars of that war, still visible today, and high places of remembrance invite you to reflect. 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