VERDUN FORÊT D’EXCEPTION®

At the end of the First World War, the Battlefield of Verdun was nothing more than a devastated land, a lunar ground strewn with scrap metal and shells. It is also a vast cemetery for thousands of soldiers who disappeared, scattered by the explosions. In the aftermath of the Great War this "red zone" can no longer accommodate the activities of the past; the nine villages located on these plots will remain forever destroyed.
After the mine clearance and surface clearance operations, the Water and Forestry Administration (now the ONF) was entrusted with the reforestation of the areas
red, the one in Verdun covers 100 km2. The forest sanctuary was born to protect this wounded place and preserve the memory.
Today, the Battlefield of Verdun is a real open-air museum and also a natural space where preserved species have taken up residence (orchids, newts, toads and bats).

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