War Memorial, Léaz

Name: War Memorial
Address: Léaz, France

#2 among attractions in Léaz

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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: 46°5'54"N, 5°53'4"E

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Léaz France

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

Nearby attractions include: Fort l'Écluse, Génissiat Dam, Vuache, Pont du Moulin des Pierres.

1.6 miN
Historical place, View point, Museum
Fort l'Écluse, Léaz
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4.7 miSW
Dam, Bridge
Génissiat Dam
119 min walk • The Génissiat Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Rhône in France near the village of Injoux-Génissiat. Construction began in 1937, but was delayed by World War II, and the dam did not start generating power until 1948. By 1949 it had the greatest capacity of any dam in Europe.
3.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Vuache
95 min walk • The Vuache is a range of hills in eastern France, close to the border with Switzerland. To the north lies the Jura and to the south the Alps. At their northern end, the hills drop steeply down to the River Rhône. The Vuache Tunnel, carrying the A40 Geneva to Lyon motorway, cuts through the hills.
5.7 miNW
Bridge
Pont du Moulin des Pierres, Montanges
145 min walk • The Pont des Pierres spans the Valserine between Confort and Montanges in the Ain. Built in 1910 for the needs of the tramway from Bellegarde to Chézery, it was the highest masonry bridge in the world at the time of its realization with 65 m under...
3.7 miN
Neighbourhood
Arpitania, Montanges
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2.9 miW
Memorial
War Memorial, Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
74 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
6.1 miNW
Memorial
War Memorial, Montanges
155 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
2.9 miN
Locality
Collonges
75 min walk • Collonges is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 2,222. Collonges is located on the border with the Haute-Savoie department, just northeast of Fort l'Écluse in Léaz, Ain. It is also situated 20 km southwest of Geneva, Switzerland.
4.1 miE
Locality
Valleiry
105 min walk • Valleiry is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
5.5 miSE
Locality
Chaumont
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