Attractions and Places To See around Ville-En-Woëvre - Top 20

A great place to get a great view over the entire landscape around Verdun.

Built in 1881 above the Tunnel de Tavannes to reinforce the inner defensive belt of Verdun. The battery had three firing platforms and a traverse shelter, and was originally armed with two 220 mm mortars and one 22 cm smoothbore mortar. In 1900 it was disarmed and reused during the Battle of Verdun (1916) as an ammunition depot and shelter for troops. The traverse shelter is the best preserved element visible today.

This spot is the perfect place to travel back in time. From the beginning of the Battle of Verdun, Fort de Vaux was one of the priority targets of the German offensive. In early March 1916, the Germans came within a few hundred metres of the fort and began a siege that lasted 100 days. Inside the fort, under a barrage of artillery fire, resistance was organised despite the lack of food and water. On 1 June 1916, the Germans reached the fort: the French garrison, isolated and without outside support, fought a week of heroic fighting inside the fort before being defeated by exhaustion. Triggered? Buy a combined ticket and immerse yourself in the history of this episode in the war of 14-18 with a visit to Fort de Vaux. The tour gives an insight into the daily living conditions of the besieged soldiers in the heart of the fort. A must-see for any history buff.

This spot is the perfect place to take a trip back in time. From the beginning of the Battle of Verdun, Fort de Vaux was one of the priority targets of the German offensive. In early March 1916, the Germans came within a few hundred metres of the fort and began a siege that lasted 100 days. Inside the fort, under a barrage of artillery fire, resistance was organised despite the lack of food and water. On 1 June 1916, the Germans reached the fort: the French garrison, isolated and without outside support, fought a week of heroic fighting inside the fort before being defeated by exhaustion. Triggered? Buy a combined ticket and immerse yourself in the history of this episode in the war of 14-18 with a visit to Fort de Vaux. The tour gives an insight into the daily living conditions of the besieged soldiers in the heart of the fort. A must-see for any history buff.

This monument represents the mass grave where on 22 December 1944 the mutilated bodies of 16 resistance fighters, slaughtered by the Gestapo, were found at the southern entrance of the Tavennes tunnel. Among the victims were 15 French, 1 Belgian and 1 unknown. A plaque lists the names of these brave men who died as heroes in the fight against the Germans. These brave men were killed at dawn on 31 August 1944. A panel gives a face to all but a few of the murdered victims. A place where no lessons were learned from the First World War.

As the starting point of the Battle of Verdun, the fort of Vaux remains one of the symbols of soldiers inspired by a sense of duty. A visit to the fort tells the admirable story of commander Raynal and his men. Besieged for 7 days, they fought, mercilessly, until they were overcome by thirst. Triggered? Read the full story at https://www.landofmemory.eu/nl/sites-historiques/fort-vaux/

Batterie du Tunnel is a silent witness to the Great War. You can easily park at this location and explore the war past in the immediate vicinity. Information about battery 8-6: This battery with three guns was built in 1881 on top of the Tavannes tunnel and had three firing platforms and a shelter. During the Battle of Verdun, the battery was not rearmed, but served as an ammunition depot and as a shelter for the troops. This battery is the only remnant in the immediate vicinity that can still be entered safely. More information can be found on site.

The village of Vaux-Devant-Damloup lies in the heart of the Verdun battlefield. The Fort de Vaux bears his name. This village was completely destroyed during the Battle of Verdun in 1916. The year was 1924… The name Vaux-Devant-Damloup was to be removed from the map of France and the area of the commune, definitively classified in the “red zone”, had already been purchased by the state. The love for the native soil, the cult of memory, the reputation of the graves would soon bring together a bundle of good will and only the construction of a moral city, a city of souls, a harbinger of material reconstruction, modestly made this possible Already an artery had breathed some semblance of life into the deserted valley: an economic railway line had been restored; A small train station was built. To house the station's employees, modest houses had been built along the railway line. A school functioned in a barracks while waiting for something better. Under the energetic drive of its new mayor, the municipality launched various projects and immediately worked to realize them. An amount of 150,000 francs was allocated in successive installments for the creation of a new road network. The construction of a town hall school in 1928 inaugurated the rebirth of the town. A water supply was carried out and an electrical line was built. As the outskirts of the city became more hospitable, consideration was given to building a chapel, a memorial temple where the former residents and the families of the village's eighteen children who died on the Field of Honor would gather. To assert the legal personality of the new agglomeration, the municipality bought 30 hectares of land, while the mayor, his deputy and some other residents made the same gesture for their personal accounts: 200 hectares were thus deducted from the red zone. Today Vaux-Devant-Damloup is the only village rebuilt in the area of the battlefield, about 500 meters from the destroyed village. There are approximately thirty houses and 72 residents. Source: https://www.vauxdevantdamloup.fr/la-reconstruction_fr.html