Teste de Buch National Necropolis, Arcachon

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On the site of a former WW1 military transit camp lies a small cemetery, in the middle of the Landes pine forest.

Explo History and Description:

The Courneau camp consisted in 1916 (the date of its construction) of 400 wooden huts that could accommodate up to 20,000 soldiers and a hospital of 950 beds.

This camp hosted :

March 1916 to October 1917 : a battalion of French "Tirailleurs Sénégalais". The term "Senegalese" named all the soldiers coming from the countries of the former French West Africa.
October 1917 to March 1918 : a brigade of 8,000 Russians.
July 1918 to May 1919 : 15,000 artillery men of the United States.

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The Necropolis of La Teste-de-Buch, also called Courneau camp, is the military cemetery located at a place called "Natus du Haut" was created in 1916 for the burial of 940 "Tirailleurs Sénégalais" and 12 Russians.

It took its present form in 1967 with the erection of the Memorial.

On the other side of the road, a monument commemorates the memory of 87 American soldiers who died in this place

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How getting there:

From Arcachon, take the highway towards Bordeaux. After 8km, at the first roundabout, turn right (south) on the road D804 towards Cazaux. After 5km, just after a dump, take a right on a small forest road in the direction of Pyla.

The cemetery is 800 meters from the crossroad.

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Visit duration:

10mn.

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Free.

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