The Grand Est region continues to distribute its departments towards Paris. On this Saturday, June 29, the Meuse is on the route of the 44th stage of the Olympic torch relay.
Seven segments and 113 porters will liven up a day full of emotions. From 8:30 a.m., Gondrecourt-le-Château will launch the departmental relay of the Lorraine horse museum and an arrival at rue du Général-Leclerc at 8:50 a.m.
No time to breathe as at 10:35, Commercy, where the madeleine is said to have been born in 1755, will carry the flame of the aquamosa to the rue du port at 11:17. The Stanislas castle and the Charles-de-Gaulle square will also be on the menu. The Madine lake, the largest lake in Lorraine in terms of surface area with 11 km², appears at 11:26. A short stroll from the beach to the Port of Nonsard at 11:46.
Bar-le-Duc takes over at 12:57 p.m. A departure from the departmental hotel to the Jean Bernard stadium at 1:55 p.m. in the middle of the “Cité des ducs de Bar”, with its Renaissance-style architectural heritage.
A time for remembrance with a passage to the Battlefield in Verdun from the Memorial at 2:36 p.m. to the Douaumont Ossuary at 3:21 p.m. An opportunity to commemorate the more than 300,000 people who lost their lives during the First World War.
We will return in 2024 at 4:59 p.m. from the Montmédy citadel, a military building built in the 16th century. At 5:35 p.m., Verdun will burn for the Olympic flame. Cradle of Europe by the treaty of 843 and martyred land during the First World War, the city will begin its journey with the Pré l’évêque leisure center, this 10-hectare body of water. We will pass in front of the underground citadel, a set of galleries, the construction of which was undertaken by Vauban in the 17th century, and which was strategic during the First World War.
The Monument to Victory and the Soldiers of Verdun, which dominates the city from its 30 m high tower, will receive the flame, as will the Porte Chaussée, the official entrance to the city since its construction in the 14th century.
From the London quay, the collective relay dedicated to rowing with its captain Benjamin Rondeau will be the last event before the lighting of the cauldron at 7:20 p.m. at the Parc de Londres sports complex.
