UNESCO Recognition Sought For WW1 Memorials in France & Belgium

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"BRUSSELS — France and Belgium are urging UNESCO to designate scores of their World War I memorials and cemeteries as World Heritage sites as the centennial remembrance of the 1914-1918 war nears its end.
The Franco-Belgian border, where much of the fiercest fighting of World War I took place, is dotted with monuments to the dead who fought on battlefields ranging from Verdun in France to Passchendaele in Belgium.
The war between a group led by Germany against France, the British Commonwealth and the United States saw some 3 million people die around the front line, which stretched from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border. More than 2 million men are buried in the region.
A UNESCO panel will assess it and 29 other nominations at a meeting in Bahrain that starts Sunday."
www.stripes.com/news/europe/france-belgium-seek-unesco-recognition-for-wwi-memorials-1.534494