Butte de Montsec

This 375m-high mound, site of a US monument with a bronze relief map, is surrounded by a round neoclassical colonnade. The monument commemorates the achievements of the American soldiers who fought here in 1917 and 1918. It’s a 50-minute drive south of Verdun via the D964.

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