Verdun
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Verdun is a city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
Verdun and the Meuse river
Bird's-eye view of Verdun in 1638
Aerial photograph of Fort Douaumont towards the end of 1916
Citadel of Verdun during World War I
Treaty of Verdun
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The Treaty of Verdun, agreed to on 10 August 843, ended the Carolingian civil war and divided the Carolingian Empire between Lothair I, Louis II and Charles II, the surviving sons of the emperor Louis
Verdun
…1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department. In 843, the Treaty of Verdun, which divided the Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms—considered the foundation of Germany and France—was signed there. An episcopal principality…
Emperor Louis I (right) blessing the division of the Frankish Empire in 843 into West Francia, Middle Francia, and East Francia; from the Grandes Chroniques de France, 15th century
Treaty of Verdun Memorial at Fontenoy-en-Puisaye