The leomont hill

Léomont is a hill of 337 metres high, forming a first class observatory post over the surrounding valleys.During those first few weeks at the beginning of the Great War, French and German troops fought fiercely for the mastery of this outlook point, with control changing hands up to 8 times in one single night. The farm situated near here was completely destroyed during the fighting of August and September 1914. A memorial commemorating this dreadful conflict is placed on the summit, depicting an ordinary soldier, rifle in hand, standing erect on his pedestal. Destroyed during the Nazi occupation, it was faithfully reconstructed in 1950. A viewpoint indicator has been erected for climbers to admire the sweeping 360° outlook and a pathway links the site to the Mouton Noir-Frescati necropolis and W.W.1 Museum housed in the Espace Muséal Chaubet.