Touring Villers-Carbonnel in France
Villers-Carbonnel in the region of Picardie with its 309 citizens is a city located in France - some 75 mi or ( 120 km ) North of Paris , the country's capital city .
Time in Villers-Carbonnel is now 02:15 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: London, The Hague, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and Brussels. Being here already, consider visiting London . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Villers-Carbonnel ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
2005-08-03 Haute Picardie 3
More Haute Picardie roll-bys, then on the TGV for a quick 45 minute ride back to the Charles de Gaulle airport, then finally the Montmartre Funicular. ..
2005-08-03 Haute Picardie 01
My first time in France experiencing the wonders of 300kmh TGV's and Eurostars passing Haute Picardie station, north of Paris. At 1:41-1:46 and again at 2:00-2:06 you can see rhythmic shaking of the v ..
2005-08-03 Haute Picardie 2
Views around the Haute Picardie station in France. The videoing locations for these two videos are at the Haute Picardie Station platforms, underneath an A-1 overpass about half-mile south of the stat ..
Eurostar at TGV Haute Picardie
A northbound Eurostar races through TGV Haute Picardie station on April 21, 2011. ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Museum of the Great War
The Museum of the Great War (French: Historial de la Grande Guerre) is in Péronne, France, near the heart of the World War I Somme battlefields. (There is another museum with a very similar English name near Paris. ) The museum looks mostly at the Great War, and the years just before and just after. It strives to place war in a social context, stressing "the common suffering of the combatants" and "the civilians, who were equally mobilised by the war effort".
Located at 49.93 2.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Canton of Péronne
The Canton of Péronne is a canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Picardie region of northern France.
Located at 49.93 2.94 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Raynal Bolling
Raynal Cawthorne Bolling (September 1, 1877 - March 26, 1918) was the first high-ranking officer of the United States Army to be killed in combat in World War I. A corporate lawyer by vocation, he became an early Army aviator and the organizer of both of the first units in what ultimately became the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve Command.
Located at 49.88 2.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Mont Saint-Quentin Australian war memorial
Mont Saint-Quentin Australian war memorial, located in Mont Saint-Quentin region of Picardy, is an Australian First World War memorial. The Australian Second Division has a war memorial on the road from Bapaume to Péronne. It is the only one of the five Australian division memorials initiated by members of the division. The base was erected in 1925. It has bronze bas-reliefs by May Butler-George of men hauling and pushing a gun and of men advancing with bayoneted rifles and hand-grenades.
Located at 49.95 2.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Mont Saint-Quentin
Mont Saint-Quentin overlooks the Somme River in the region of Picardie approximately 1.5 kilometers north of the town of Péronne, Somme, France. The hill is about 100 meters high but as it is situated in a bend of the river it dominates the whole position and is of strategic significance. During World War I, it was a key to the German defence of the Somme line and was the last German stronghold.
Located at 49.95 2.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
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