War Memorial, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Name: War Memorial
Address: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France

#13 among attractions in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

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Facts and practical information

Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I. After the end of the 1914–1918 war there was a frenzy to build memorials to commemorate those who had been killed and it has been calculated that in this period well over 36,000 individual memorials were erected throughout France with the majority of these being built between 1919 and 1926. These memorials are known as monuments aux morts - literally monuments to the dead and what are known in the United Kingdom as war memorials. ()

Local name: Monument aux MortsCoordinates: 49°37'55"N, 1°37'2"W

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Cherbourg-en-Cotentin France

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Day trips

War Memorial – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cité de la Mer, Musée Thomas-Henry, Le Trident, Le Redoutable.

1 miN
Museum, Theme park, Aquarium
Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
26 min walk • The Cité de la Mer is a maritime museum in Cherbourg, France. The museum is in the cruise terminal of Cherbourg. This monument was built in 1933; it is one of the bigger art-deco monuments of today.
0.5 miNW
Museum, Art museum
Musée Thomas-Henry, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
12 min walk • The Musée des beaux-arts Thomas Henry is a museum at Cherbourg-en-Cotentin with around 300 artworks, mainly paintings from the 15th to 19th centuries. It has been rated as the third most important collection in Normandy.
0.5 miNW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Le Trident, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
13 min walk • Le Trident is a group of three theatres in the city of Cherbourg-Octeville, within the Manche department of Normandy, in northern France. The theatres were made a 'scène nationale' on 14 October 2002, after the merger of the Théâtre de Cherbourg-Scène Nationale and the Théâtre de la Butte-CCPO.
1.1 miN
Museum
Le Redoutable, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
29 min walk • Le Redoutable was the lead boat of her class of ballistic missile submarines in the French Marine Nationale. Commissioned on 1 December 1971, the boat was the first French SNLE.
0.8 miN
Church
Basilique Sainte-Trinité, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
20 min walk • The Basilica Sainte-Trinité of Cherbourg is a Gothic basilica that stands on the delegated commune of Cherbourg-Octeville within the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, in the department of Manche, in the region of Normandy.
~460 ftN
Botanical garden
Jardin botanique de la Roche Fauconnière, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
3 min walk • The Jardin botanique de la Roche Fauconnière is a private botanical garden located in the Parc de la Fauconnière, Cherbourg-Octeville, Manche, Normandy, France. The garden was created in 1870 or 1873 by Alfred Favier and maintained by subsequent family members Léon Favier and Dr. Charles Favier.
~520 ftNE
49°37'60"N • 1°36'59"W
Le Point du jour, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
3 min walk • Museum
0.6 miN
Memorial
monument à Armand de Briqueville, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
16 min walk • Armand François Bon Claude, comte de Bricqueville, born at the family castle in Bretteville on January 23, 1785, died on March 19, 1844 in Paris, was a cavalry colonel in Napoleon's army and deputy of the Manche.
~800 ftSE
Museum, Forts and castles
Batterie du Roule, Cherbourg-Octeville
4 min walk • The Fort du Roule is a collection of French and German fortifications built in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on the Roule mountain in Cherbourg. The first fortifications were built in 1793 to protect the Bay of Cherbourg from English attacks.
0.8 miN
49°38'35"N • 1°37'27"W
Equestrian status of Napoleon, Cherbourg-Octeville
22 min walk • Memorial
1.2 miW
Church
St. Martin's Church, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
32 min walk • The church of Saint-Martin is a Romanesque Catholic church of the twelfth century, which stands on the delegated commune of Cherbourg-Octeville within the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, in the department of Manche, in the Normandy region.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to War Memorial?

Nearby attractions include Jardin botanique de la Roche Fauconnière, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (3 min walk), Le Point du jour, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (3 min walk), Batterie du Roule, Cherbourg-Octeville (4 min walk), Musée Thomas-Henry, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (12 min walk).

How to get to War Memorial by public transport?

The nearest stations to War Memorial:

Bus

Jardin Public • Lines: 4, 9, Cap Cotentin de Nuit Est (1 min walk)
Gare SNCF • Lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 (5 min walk)

Train

Cherbourg (5 min walk)

Ferry

Passerelle Cherbourg 6 (21 min walk)