Douaumont Ossuary

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Douaumont Ossuary is a monumental World War I memorial and cemetery in northeastern France that houses the remains of thousands of unidentified French and German soldiers who died in the Battle of Verdun.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
ossuary
war memorial
architect Jacques Hardy
Léon Azéma NERFINISHED
Max Edrei
commemorates Battle of Verdun NERFINISHED
conflictCommemorated World War I
constructionStartDate 1920
containsRemainsOf French soldiers
German soldiers
unidentified soldiers
continent Europe
country France
hasCemeteryType military cemetery
hasGravesOf Muslim French soldiers
identified French soldiers
hasMuseum yes
hasPart bell tower
chapel
cloister
crypt
lantern tower
viewing platform
height 46 m
heritageDesignation Monument historique
heritageDesignationCountry France
heritageDesignationDate 1922
inaugurationDate 1932-08-07
inception 1920
lightingFeature lantern of the dead
locatedIn Douaumont NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Meuse department
locatedInHistoricalRegion Lorraine
locatedInRegion Grand Est NERFINISHED
locatedNear Verdun NERFINISHED
materialUsed stone
nearbyStructure Fort Douaumont
numberOfBurials over 130000
numberOfUnidentifiedRemains over 130000
operator Souvenir Français
overlooks Verdun, France
surface form: Verdun battlefield
ownedBy Government of France
surface form: French state
purpose commemoration of war dead
reconciliation between France and Germany
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
touristAttraction yes
visitorCenter yes

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Meuse contains Douaumont Ossuary
Verdun, France hasLandmark Douaumont Ossuary
Battle of Verdun memorial Douaumont Ossuary