at Notre Dame de Lorette, Ablain-Saint-Nazaire , 62153 France
Notre Dame de Lorette, also known as Ablain St.-Nazaire French Military Cemetery, is the world's largest French military cemetery. It is the name of a ridge, basilica, and French national cemetery northwest of Arras at the village of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire. The high point of the hump-backed ridge stands 165 metres high and – with Vimy Ridge – utterly dominates the otherwise flat Douai plain and the town of Arras.Site of four battlesThe ground was strategically important during the First World War and was bitterly contested in a series of long and bloody engagements between the opposing French and German armies. It was the focal point of three battles: Battle of Arras (1914) (1–4 October 1914) – an encounter battle during the Race to the Sea First Battle of Artois (17 December 1914 –13 January 1915) – part of a combined attack with the First Battle of Champagne (20 December 1914 – 17 March 1915) Second Battle of Artois (9–15 May 1915) – French attack towards Vimy Ridge Third Battle of Artois (25 September–15 October 1915) – also known as the Artois–Loos Offensive The Battles of Artois were as costly in French lives as the better-known Battle of Verdun. As with numerous other sites across France, Notre Dame de Lorette became a national necropolis, sacred ground containing the graves of French and Colonial fallen as well as an ossuary, containing the bones of those whose names were not marked.
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Notre Dame de Lorette is Lens based place and this enity listed in Landmark category. Located at Notre Dame de Lorette 62153.