Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold

Name: Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
Address: 33 avenue de Fayetteville, Saint-Avold, 57500, France

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Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold

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Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery, located just outside Saint-Avold, Moselle, France. The cemetery, containing 10,489 American war dead, covers 113.5 acres, was dedicated in 1960. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. ()

Local name: Cimetière américain de Saint-Avold Area: 113.5 acres (0.1773 mi²)Coordinates: 49°7'18"N, 6°43'2"E

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33 avenue de FayettevilleSaint-Avold 57500 France

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Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ouvrage Bambesch, Collégiale Saint-Étienne, Ouvrage Einseling, Saint Catherine's chapel.

5 miW
Museum, Historical place, Battlefield
Ouvrage Bambesch
128 min walk • Ouvrage Bambesch is a lesser work of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Faulquemont, the ouvrage consists of three infantry blocks, and is located between petits ouvrages Kerfent and Einseling, facing Germany.
2.9 miE
Church, Gothic architecture
Collégiale Saint-Étienne, Hombourg-Haut
74 min walk • The Collégiale Saint-Étienne is a Gothic building in Hombourg-Haut, department of Moselle, in the cultural and historical region Lorraine, Grand Est.
4.4 miW
Museum
Ouvrage Einseling
112 min walk • Ouvrage Einseling is a lesser work of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Faulquemont, the ouvrage consists of one infantry block, and is located between petits ouvrages Bambesch and Laudrefang, facing Germany.
3.1 miE
Church
Saint Catherine's chapel, Hombourg-Haut
80 min walk • The Chapelle Sainte Catherine is a Roman Catholic chapel located in Hombourg-Haut, in the historic region of Lorraine, France. Built by the knight Simon of Hombourg between 1250 and 1270, it initially was a private chapel, surrounded by the buildings of the knights' castle.
3.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Ouvrage Laudrefang
100 min walk • Ouvrage Laudrefang is a lesser work of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Faulquemont, the ouvrage consists of one infantry block, and is located between petits ouvrages Einseling and Teting, facing Germany.
2.6 miN
Church
St. Nicholas Church
66 min walk • The church Saint-Nicolas de L'Hôpital, du Centre or Saint-Nicolas du Centre, is a religious building dedicated to Saint Nicolas de Myre, which was built from the XIIIth century to the XIXth century on a hillside near L'Hôpital, along the old Roman...
4.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Ouvrage Téting
117 min walk • Ouvrage Téting is a lesser work of the Maginot Line. Located in the Fortified Sector of Faulquemont, the ouvrage consists of one infantry block and two observation blocks, and is located facing Germany between petits ouvrages Laudrefang and the Saar valley, which was to be inundated in times of emergency.
1.2 miS
Synagogue
Synagogue de Saint-Avold, Saint-Avold
32 min walk • The synagogue of Saint-Avold is a Jewish place of worship located at the corner of the rue des Américains and the rue de la Mertzelle, near the place Paul-Collin in Saint-Avold in Moselle. It is the successor to an older synagogue built nearby.
1.3 miS
Historical place, Church
Église Saint-Nabor, Saint-Avold
34 min walk • The Saint-Nabor abbey is located in Saint-Avold, France. The only remnant of the former Benedictine priory, of which it was the conventual church, it has been classified as a historical monument since April 5, 1930.
1.6 miS
Church
Basilique Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, Saint-Avold
42 min walk • The Basilica of Our Lady of Good Help in Saint-Avold is a Catholic basilica located in the French town of Saint-Avold, in the eastern Moselle department. The length of the building reaches 45 meters, while the Lorraine cross of the dome culminates...
2.6 miE
Forts and castles, Baroque architecture
Château d'Hausen, Hombourg-Haut
66 min walk • The Château d’Hausen is the current home of the city hall of Hombourg-Haut, in the historic region of Lorraine, France. It is located on the rue de Metz roundabout at the west entrance of the city.