Friscati French national war cemetery at Vitrimont
La nécropole nationale de Friscati. © ECPAD
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Located at the so-called Mouton noir, the national war cemetery of Friscati contains the remains of soldiers killed during the fighting around Lunéville or those who died in military hospitals. It is built on the site of a temporary cemetery born from the initiative of a teacher from Lunéville, Marie-Marguerite Wibrotte. Containing 3,713 bodies, this cemetery is the largest of the three military cemeteries in Grand-Couronné de Nancy. Three ossuaries preserve the memory of 1,683 soldiers, while 2,026 rest in individual graves.
At the entrance of the cemetery, a triumphal arch was erected in 1927, topped by an infantryman perpetuating the memory of the defenders of Lunéville.
Two plaques are affixed to this monument. The first pays tribute to the 37 soldiers of the Light Infantry 2nd Battalion who fell at Vaucourt. The second is dedicated to the American soldiers of 1917-1918 and the French Forces of the Interior resistance fighters killed during World War II.
At the summit of the cemetery stands a monument erected in the memory of Marshal Lyautey. The Marshal's ashes, until they were transferred to Invalides in 1961, were kept at this site, close to the château de Crévic where he lived before the war.
La nécropole nationale de Friscati. © ECPAD
La nécropole nationale de Friscati. © ECPAD
La nécropole nationale de Friscati. © ECPAD
La nécropole nationale de Friscati. © ECPAD
La nécropole nationale de Friscati. © Guillaume Pichard
La nécropole nationale de Friscati. © Guillaume Pichard
La nécropole nationale de Friscati. © Guillaume Pichard
La nécropole nationale de Friscati. © Guillaume Pichard
Fantassins français en position dans un champ, 1914. Avec un uniforme d'un autre âge, les soldats français, vêtus d'un pantalon rouge garance et d'une capote gris de fer, sont particulièrement exposés, au cours de l'été 1914, aux tirs des mitrailleuses ennemies. © Collection particulière FBN - DR
Ruines du village de Vitrimont, 1914. © Collections BDIC
Ruines du village de Vitrimont, 1915. © Collections BDIC
Le café de la Belle-Vue à Vitrimont, septembre 1915. Au premier plan, sépultures de soldats français. © Collections BDIC
Vue générale sur les ruines du village de Vitrimont, 1916. © Collections BDIC
Groupe de jeunes filles du village de Vitrimont. © Collections BDIC
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À l’ouest de Lunéville, D 97
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