Lorette Memorial.

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The military cemetery of Notre-Dame de Lorette, is located in Pas-de-Calais, to approximately 15 km, of the town of Arras, on the road which connects Arras to Béthune, it is the area of Artois. On the commune of Ablain Saint-Nazaire a Little history, the battle of Lorette lasted for ever for 12 months, from October 1914 at October 1915, this battle made very many victims of the war 1914-1918, “the funny one of war”, there were approximately 100000 died. A military cemetery was high on 13 hectares including/understanding 22970 individual tombs. Close to the cemetery of Notre-Dame de Lorette, the Tower Lantern is, (ossuary), of which
the construction started in 1921, it is besides the Pétain General, who posed the first stone there, the Tower Lantern was finished in 1925, this tower measures 52 meters height and has 200 staircases, at its top, shines the night the lamp made up of 3000 candles. The bodies of unknown soldiers of the two world wars and of that of Indo-China rest there forever On the site of the military cemetery of Notre-Dame de Lorette, there is also the Vault or Basilica, of style romano-Byzantine, she was built out of cement and covered with stones of Givet, just like the Tower Lantern, the building materials are the same ones. The Vault of the cemetery of Notre-Dame de Lorette, is 46 meters long, 14 meters broad. On the walls of the basilica, you will be able to see thousands of plates, in remembering all these human sacrifices. The vault or basilica and the tower lantern, is the realization of an architect of Lille, Louis-Marie Cordonnier, who made the plans of them. With the military cemetery of Notre-Dame de Lorette, if you go there, you will be able to also visit the Museum Living of the war 1914-1918, this Museum is located on the hill of Notre-Dame de Lorette, who is 165 meters height per report/ratio of the sea level, inside you will be able to see 2000 collector's items, the reconstitution of underground shelters, the stereoscopic sights of time, on the outside of this Museum, you will be able to also see the battle field, of sliced on the sites of origin, or are still visible guns, machine-guns, shells, the barbed wires, this battle field extends on on 3 hectares. We cannot, that you invite to visit this place fraught with testimonys the history passed, of this First World War which was the war 1914-1918, the visit of the museum and the battle field is possible, the every day of 9h00 with 20h00. PS - On April 19, 2007, it is wise to know, that inscriptions Nazis and crosses - gammées were painted on about fifty tombs of this military cemetery of Notre-Dame de Lorette, in the Moslem square, in Ablain Saint-Nazaire. It is a ashamed act, which became the respect of deaths? What can bring the profanation of a cemetery well?.