Douaumont military cemetery

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World War I cemetery military cemetery

Douaumont military cemetery is a major World War I burial ground near Verdun in northeastern France, commemorating tens of thousands of French soldiers who died in the Battle of Verdun.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Douaumont military cemetery canonical	1
Fleury-devant-Douaumont necropolis	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I cemetery ⓘ military cemetery ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Battle of Verdun ⓘ
associatedWithWar	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War
battleCommemorated	Battle of Verdun ⓘ
commemorativePurpose	remembrance of French war dead ⓘ
conflictCommemorated	World War I ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
dedicatedTo	French soldiers killed in the Battle of Verdun ⓘ fallen of World War I ⓘ
era	World War I ⓘ
geographicContext	northeastern France ⓘ
hasAdjacentStructure	Douaumont Ossuary ⓘ
hasCommemorationDay	Armistice Day ⓘ national remembrance ceremonies in France ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	symbol of French sacrifice in World War I ⓘ
hasFunction	military burial ground ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
hasGravesOf	French soldiers ⓘ World War I soldiers ⓘ
hasMonumentType	cemetery ⓘ memorial site ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	central memorial monument ⓘ lawn graves ⓘ rows of white crosses ⓘ
heritageDesignation	French national memorial site ⓘ
inUseForBurials	20th century ⓘ
languageOfSignage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
locatedIn	Douaumont ⓘ
locatedInArea	Verdun, France ⓘ surface form: Verdun battlefield
locatedInDepartment	Meuse department ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion	Lorraine ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Grand Est ⓘ
locatedNear	Verdun, France ⓘ surface form: Verdun
locatedOnSideOfConflict	France ⓘ
maintainedBy	Ministry of the Armed Forces of France ⓘ surface form: French Ministry of the Armed Forces French War Graves Service ⓘ
near	Douaumont Ossuary ⓘ Fort Douaumont ⓘ
numberOfFrenchWarDeadCommemorated	tens of thousands ⓘ
numberOfGraves	over 16000 ⓘ
ownedBy	French state (partially) ⓘ surface form: French state
partOf	Verdun memorial sites ⓘ
visitorType	relatives of the fallen ⓘ school groups ⓘ tourists ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Verdun, France → hasMilitaryCemetery → Douaumont military cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fleury-devant-Douaumont necropolis