The Atlas Obscura Guide To Fleury Devant Douaumont

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France

Updated April 12, 2021

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Unusual Attractions in Fleury-devant-Douaumont

Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France

Douaumont Ossuary

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

Sign at Fort Douaumont reads: Danger, Access Forbidden.

Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France

Zone Rouge

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France

Trench of Bayonets

Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.

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Le mémorial de Mort-Homme.

Chattancourt, France

Le Mort Homme (Dead Man's Hill)

A memorial to the soldiers who died in the bloody battles to control Verdun in World War I.

8 miles from Fleury-devant-Douaumont

Loison, France

Camp Marguerre

A World War I German experimental concrete plant, hidden deep in a French forest.

9 miles from Fleury-devant-Douaumont

Inside the ossuary

Marville, France

Marville Ossuary

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

18 miles from Fleury-devant-Douaumont

Romagne-Sous-Montfaucon, France

Romagne 14-18

A unique museum tells the story of the day-to-day life of World War I soldiers.

18 miles from Fleury-devant-Douaumont

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