Top Things to do in Picardy
Top Hotels in Picardy
- 1. ibis Styles Amiens Center Hotel
- 2. Le Cap Hornu Hotel & Restaurant
- 3. Les Corderies
- 4. Hotel de la Baie de Somme
- 5. Le Chateau des Lumieres de la Baie de Somme
- 6. Hyatt Regency Chantilly
- 7. Hotel Les Pilotes
- 8. Ibis Budget Le Treport-Mers les Bains
- 9. Hotel du Golf de l’Ailette
- 10. The Originals City, City Hotel, Beauvais
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What to do and see in Picardy, Hauts-de-France: The Best Monuments & Statues
Discover the best top things to do in Picardy, France including Thiepval Memorial, Le Cairn de Contalmaison, Pierre d'Haudroy, Australian National Memorial, Ovillers Military Cemetery, Newfoundland Memorial, 3rd Australian Division Memorial, Eglise Saint-Laurent de Rozoy, Statue Jeanne Hachette, Monument a la gloire de la 42e Rainbow US.
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1. Thiepval Memorial
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 690 reviews
The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916. The memorial also serves as an Anglo-French Battle Memorial in recognition of the joint nature of the 1916 offensive and a small cemetery containing equal numbers of Commonwealth and French graves lies at the foot of the memorial.
Reviewed By TopTraveller18 - Four Marks, United Kingdom
The structure of Thiepval memorial stands to commemorate French and British soldiers who died for their countries in World War One. At the back of the great memorial, a cemetery pays respect to more dead soldiers of the war. It is extremely moving to read so many names on the memorial and look out across the mass of graves behind it.
2. Le Cairn de Contalmaison
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
3. Pierre d'Haudroy
4. Australian National Memorial
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 320 reviews
The Australian National Memorial was inaugurated in 1938 to commemorate all Australian soldiers who fought in France and Belgium during the First World War. The names of over 10,000 Australian soldiers with no known grave are listed on its walls. The memorial is adjacent the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery and the Sir John Monash Centre.
Reviewed By 613stevenp - Mackay, Australia
Very moving experience, Villers Bretonneux the town holds Australia close in its heart, some houses even display Australian flags. Love how the school has a giant banner in the school ground saying NEVER FORGET AUSTRALIA, but to see how many Australians were killed is confronting.
5. Ovillers Military Cemetery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 11 reviews
There are now 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 24 casualties believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of 35 casualties, buried in Mash Valley Cemetery, whose graves were destroyed in later fighting.
6. Newfoundland Memorial
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By TopTraveller18 - Four Marks, United Kingdom
The head of the memorial looks out across the battlefield in the direction of where the soldiers fought and died for their country. It is a very touching Memorial and helps you realise the horrors of the battle of the Somme in the area and how courageously those who were there fought.
7. 3rd Australian Division Memorial
8. Eglise Saint-Laurent de Rozoy
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2 reviews
9. Statue Jeanne Hachette
10. Monument a la gloire de la 42e Rainbow US
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