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Nécropole Nationale

Riche, Moselle, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La Nécropole nationale, tel que figuré sur le plan annexé à l'arrêté (cad. section 23 parcelles 48, 49) : inscription par arrêté du 28 décembre 2017.
Protection dates
2017/12/28 : inscrit MH
Type
ensemble funéraire
Later work
20e siècle
Architect or builder
Hanssen Théo (maître-verrier), Gross (maître-verrier)
Ownership
propriété publique
Commune
Riche
Département
Moselle
Region
Grand Est
Country
France
Coordinates
48.90565, 6.63007
Mérimée reference
PA57000040

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1632 map "Lorraine vers Septentrion." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La Nécropole Nationale témoigne de la première guerre mondiale et du respect allemand pour tous les combattants et présente un intérêt en raison des éléments architecturaux dont elle est constituée, notamment la chapelle et son corpus de vitraux, oeuvres des maîtres verriers Théo Hanssen et Gross.

English translation

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The National Necropolis bears witness to the First World War and German respect for all combatants and presents an interest due to the architectural elements of which it is composed, notably the chapel and its corpus of stained glass windows, works of the master glaziers Théo Hanssen and Gross.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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