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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. MEUSE (55) BATTLE OF VERDUN. FLEURY FRENCH CEMETERY, CONTAINING THE GRAVES OF 16,142 SOLDIERS. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE NATIONAL NECROPOLIS AND OSSUARY AT DOUAUMONT, WHICH CONTAINS THE BONES OF AROUND 130,000 UNKNOWN FRENCH AND GERMAN SOLDIERS, GATHERED UNDER THE SLABS OF A 137 M LONG CRYPT. IT WAS HERE, ON 22 SEPTEMBER 1994, THAT FRANCOIS MITERRAND AND HELMUT KOLH, HAND IN HAND, STRENGTHENED THE FRANCO-GERMAN FRIENDSHIP. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. LORRAINE. MEUSE (55) BATTLE OF VERDUN. FLEURY FRENCH CEMETERY, CONTAINING THE GRAVES OF 16,142 SOLDIERS. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE NATIONAL NECROPOLIS AND OSSUARY AT DOUAUMONT, WHICH CONTAINS THE BONES OF AROUND 130,000 UNKNOWN FRENCH AND GERMAN SOLDIERS, GATHERED UNDER THE SLABS OF A 137 M LONG CRYPT. IT WAS HERE, ON 22 SEPTEMBER 1994, THAT FRANCOIS MITERRAND AND HELMUT KOLH, HAND IN HAND, STRENGTHENED THE FRANCO-GERMAN FRIENDSHIP. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Jiri Castka)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Jiri Castka)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Jiri Castka)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Jiri Castka)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Josef Vostarek)

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The Church of Saint Maurice, Mourenec, graveyard, ossuary

The Church of Saint Maurice, Mourenec, in Dlouha Ves, Pilsen Region, Czech Republic, September 16, 2020. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Jiri Castka)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Jiri Castka)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Jiri Castka)

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Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec

The Roman Catholic Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary (bone church) in Sedlec, near Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. The kostnice (ossuary) is an underground chapel of All Saints Cemetery a part of the Cistercian abbey, It contains the bones of about 40000 people who died of the plague in 1318. They were originally buried at cemetery. Bones were exhumed and transferred to the chapel and arranged into creative decoration. (CTK Photo/Jiri Castka)