Le paysage comme témoin de l’histoire.

La collection

Le Roi des Batailles

Champs de bataille, fortifications, monuments et musées, lus par la géographie, les conséquences et le patrimoine.

An initial, focused selection. Only published material from the shared knowledge base; the collection grows through editorial work.

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  Sedan Battlefield

  Sedan · Ardennes

  Sedan (Ardennes, France), where on 1–2 September 1870 Prussian and German allied forces encircled the French Army of Châlons, capturing Emperor Napoleon III.

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  Photo: G.Garitan / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 3.0

  G.Garitan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Image source · Crop

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  Siege of Orléans Site

  Orléans · Loiret

  Orléans (Loiret, France), where the French relief in May 1429 led by Joan of Arc lifted the seven-month English siege during the Hundred Years’ War.

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  Photo: Fab5669 / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 4.0

  Fab5669 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image source · Crop

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  Siege of Vienna Site (1683)

  Wenen · Vienna

  Vienna (Austria), where an Ottoman siege was lifted on 12 September 1683 by a relief army led by King John III Sobieski of Poland, a decisive European turning point.

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  Photo: GT1976 / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 4.0

  GT1976 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image source · Crop

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  Somme Battlefield

  Albert · Somme

  The Somme sector (Picardy, France), battleground of the joint British and French offensive of 1 July – 18 November 1916, one of the costliest operations of the First World War.

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  Photo: Devisme.alain / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 3.0

  Devisme.alain / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Image source · Crop

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  Teutoburg Forest Battlefield

  Kalkriese · Lower Saxony

  The Teutoburg Forest region (Germany), where Germanic tribes led by Arminius ambushed and annihilated three Roman legions under Publius Quinctilius Varus in 9 AD.

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  Photo: Corradox / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 3.0

  Corradox / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Image source · Crop

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  Thermopylae Battlefield

  Thermopylae (bij Lamia) · Central Greece

  Thermopylae (Central Greece), the narrow coastal pass where King Leonidas and his Spartan and Thespian contingent made their celebrated stand in 480 BC.

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  Photo: Davide Mauro / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 4.0

  Davide Mauro / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image source · Crop

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  Trafalgar Battle Site

  Cape Trafalgar · Andalusia

  Waters off Cape Trafalgar (Cádiz, Spain), where Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated the combined French and Spanish fleets on 21 October 1805.

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  Photo: Jon Agüera / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 3.0

  Jon Agüera / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Image source · Crop

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  Verdun Battlefield

  Verdun · Meuse

  Verdun (Meuse, France), scene of the ten-month battle (21 February – 18 December 1916) between German and French armies, an enduring symbol of national sacrifice.

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  Photo: Lukas Lober / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 4.0

  Lukas Lober / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image source · Crop

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  Waterloo Battlefield

  Waterloo · Waals-Brabant

  Waterloo and Braine-l’Alleud (Walloon Brabant, Belgium), where on 18 June 1815 the Seventh Coalition under Wellington and Blücher permanently ended the Napoleonic era.

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  Photo: vasse nicolas,antoine (Flickr), via Wikimedia CommonsCC BY 2.0

  vasse nicolas,antoine (Flickr), via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · Image source · Crop