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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Ollia Horton

On Remembrance Day, France honours WWI dead through gardens of peace

"Rangimarie" the New Zealand garden of peace in Le Quesnoy, France, designed by Xanthe White, Zoë Carafice, Charmaine Bailie and Tui Hobson. © A&J HDF - Yann Monel

Two gardens of peace dedicated to Danish, Czech and Slovakian soldiers who fought in World War I are being unveiled in France on Friday 11 November, the 104th anniversary of Remembrance Day. They are part of Gardens of Peace, an international memorial landscape project.

Gardens of Peace was started in 2018 by a cultural association, Art & Jardins – Hauts-de-France, in partnership with the French Ministry of the Armed Forces and local councils.

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