Mailly-Maillet combines the protected portal of the Église Saint-Pierre, La Chapelle Madame, an official circular walking route and memorial sites from the First World War. The portal of the Église Saint-Pierre is protected by a decree dated 22 May 1900; this was corrected on 19 July 1901. La Chapelle Madame was classified as a historic monument in 1973. The official circular walking route “À la rencontre d’Isabeau et d’Antoinette” begins on the square in front of the church of Mailly-Maillet, is 10.5 kilometres long and takes 2 hours and 30 minutes. At a crossroads, it leads to a small chapel called Mont Carmel.
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Culture
The Marquis Louis-Victor de Mailly had La Chapelle Madame built in 1757 as a mausoleum for Antoinette Cadot de Sébeville. The crypt contains the remains of Jean III de Mailly as well as around fifteen lead coffins belonging to the de Mailly family.
The statue “La France foulant aux pieds l'aigle germanique” depicts an allegory of France holding a sword and a garland while trampling the German eagle.
History
Mailly Wood Cemetery contains 703 graves and commemorations from the First World War, including 60 unidentified burials. Mailly-Maillet Communal Cemetery Extension contains 126 First World War burials: 122 from the United Kingdom, one from Canada and three from New Zealand.
Geographical location
Mailly Wood Cemetery is located on the outskirts of Mailly-Maillet; a signposted, 500-metre-long muddy track leads there from the D919 towards Amiens. Access can be difficult in winter, as the narrow muddy track becomes very boggy and slippery; a four-wheel-drive vehicle would be required for this.
Mailly-Maillet Communal Cemetery Extension can be reached from the D120 towards Colincamps via a signposted small access road and lies east of the communal cemetery.
Routes
The route of just under 5 kilometres from Serre-Puisieux in Pas-de-Calais to Mailly-Maillet in the Somme passes at least twelve military cemeteries, including a French national necropolis.
Visits
Brigitte De Cuyper offers private full-day tours of Australian battlefields in Mailly-Maillet, including Villers-Bretonneux and Pozières, departing from Amiens; full-day visits to Canadian sites departing from Arras; a six-hour guided tour of the Battle of the Somme, including a visit to the Musée Somme 1916 in Albert, departing from Albert; as well as tailor-made “Sur les pas de mon ancêtre” tours.
More local pages: Crécy-En-Ponthieu, Carnoy, Valines, Cerisy-Buleux, Treux, Neuvillette, Huchenneville, Saint-Riquier.
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