Ouvrage de Froideterre
I came along this randomly during my little Tour de France in September.
I passed by near Verdun, saw an info sign on a WW1 fort and decided to give it a visit.
In the area, known for heavy fighting in that first big war, there are more than only this fort,
Fort Douaumont, housing a museum, is just around the corner:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Douaumont
a huge anti war monument, + more along the streets and maybe in the woods.
Info signs do good work, but getting prepared in advance will bring more success, I think.
Interesting to visit if you are in the area.
I'm too lazy for a big history part, couldn't find any good in English, so use these via auto translate please:
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.douaumont.net/froidete.htm
source:
http://www.douaumont.net/froidete.htm
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https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http://www.lesfrancaisaverdun-1916.fr/fortifications-froideterre.htm
source:
http://www.lesfrancaisaverdun-1916.fr/fortifications-froideterre.htm
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The area around fort is prepared to be visited, the grilled doors were open, I don't know whether they always are; it looked astonishing undestroyed and not yet visited by „artists“.
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this moved the tower
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rusty ceiling
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deeper area is grilled
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counterweight
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toilet
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pissoir
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ladder to lower area
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I came along this randomly during my little Tour de France in September.
I passed by near Verdun, saw an info sign on a WW1 fort and decided to give it a visit.
In the area, known for heavy fighting in that first big war, there are more than only this fort,
Fort Douaumont, housing a museum, is just around the corner:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Douaumont
a huge anti war monument, + more along the streets and maybe in the woods.
Info signs do good work, but getting prepared in advance will bring more success, I think.
Interesting to visit if you are in the area.
I'm too lazy for a big history part, couldn't find any good in English, so use these via auto translate please:
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.douaumont.net/froidete.htm
source:
http://www.douaumont.net/froidete.htm
+
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http://www.lesfrancaisaverdun-1916.fr/fortifications-froideterre.htm
source:
http://www.lesfrancaisaverdun-1916.fr/fortifications-froideterre.htm
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The area around fort is prepared to be visited, the grilled doors were open, I don't know whether they always are; it looked astonishing undestroyed and not yet visited by „artists“.
-
-
-
-
-
-
this moved the tower
-
-
-
-
-
rusty ceiling
-
deeper area is grilled
-
-
-
counterweight
-
toilet
-
pissoir
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ladder to lower area
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