THE VAUQUOIS MOUND
Paying tribute
2024
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2024
Vauquois is a historic monument, one of the most impressive to have kept intact the memory of the mine war.
This most impressive historical monument has kept intact the memory of the so-called mine war. 14,000 soldiers lost their lives in 519 explosions. Vauquois disappeared completely. The mound, a gigantic underground anthill disputed by both sides, was organized into 17 galleries and 184 barracks rooms on the German side, compared with 5 km and a few command posts on the French side. A lunar landscape... The site is being studied and restored by the voluntary "Association des Amis de Vauquois et de sa Région".
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Very impressive! Visit very well guided. Certainly, very well their life and the extent of the violence of engagements! Visit galleries not wide and therefore does not sink infants and nor claustrophobia! Several times made but we do not become bored!!!!!!!!!!!!! To make absolutely and Bravo with the team friends of Vauquois who do a titanic job
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La visite dure 2 heures dont 1 passée sous terre. On nous équipe d'un casque de sécurité et d'une lampe torche. La partie souterraine est impressionnante, on se rend compte du calvaire qu'ont dû endurer ces soldats et encore nous n'avions pas les obus ou les mines. C'est très humide, il faut se baisser tout le temps, il fait très sombre.
Ensuite on se rend au sommet de la butte puis on redescend côté français où on voit l'utilité du chemin de fer.
C'est une visite à ne pas louper. Elles sont possibles sur réservation pour les groupes de 10 personnes minimum. La visite guidée coûte 3 euros par personnes mais on peut visiter la butte ( sans la partie souterraine) gratuitement.