Albert Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
commune in Somme, France
About Albert
Albert was founded as a Roman outpost called Encre, in about 54BC. It is remembered today as the site of the Battle of the Somme in World War I. DuringWorld War I, the statue of Mary and the infant Jesus - designed by sculptor Albert Roze and dubbed the "Golden Virgin" - on top of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Brebières was hit by a shell on January 15, 1915, and was put on a horizontal position and was near falling. The Germans said that whoever made the statue fall would lose the war, and a number of legends surrounding the "Leaning Virgin" developed among German, French, and British soldiers. The Leaning Virgin became an especially familiar image to the thousands of British soldiers who fought at the Battle of the Somme (1916), many of whom passed through Albert, which was situated thre
Top Attractions in Albert
Explore the best things to see and do in Albert:
- ★Historial of the Great War Thiepval
- ★Lochnagar crater
- ★Somme Trench Museum
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