AROUND FESTEN à VERNY | Moselle Attractivite

Emmanuel Stourm 2020 A l'intérieur du Fort Wagner

In 1871, as soon as Alsace and Moselle were annexed, the Germans decided to defend Metz. They completed the forts begun by the French, then built a series of forts to form a fortified belt around the city. From 1899, they built a second belt of forts called Festen (called Groupes Fortifiés after 1918 by the French).

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Fitness / outdoor trails from VERNY, mode of transport / activity : Walking-related, on the theme(s) : Historic, Natural.

This route runs alongside the Groupes Fortifiés de l'Aisnes and de l'Yser to the north, then makes a large loop through the villages to the south of these military works.