2024
Go there and contact
Colleville-sur-Mer American Cemetery, an enchanting place to stroll, with its landscaped paths, ponds, fountains, and tree-lined avenues.
With a million visitors a year, the American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer is one of the most visited sites in France. The immense cemetery covers almost 70 hectares of impeccable lawn and overlooks one of the bloodiest beaches of the D-Day landings, Omaha Beach, where American troops suffered the greatest loss of life.
An autonomous territory under American jurisdiction inaugurated in 1956, Colleville Cemetery is the work of landscape architect Markley Stevenson. It is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), an independent agency founded by the U.S. Congress in 1923. A hymn to the American nation and the heroism of its soldiers, the cemetery features a chapel, a magnificent memorial, a "Garden of the Missing" and no fewer than 9,387 white marble graves, Latin crosses and Stars of David. You’ll notice that the crosses all face west, in the direction of the homeland. This cemetery, like a piece of the United States in France for eternity...
A place of remembrance, but also an enchanting place to stroll, where beauty and serenity reign, the Colleville American Cemetery invites contemplation. Water lily ponds, harmonious fountains, soft lawns, avenues of rare and varied trees, everything evokes peace. Right down to the path that leads to Omaha Beach, so peaceful today...
Did you know? This review was written by our professional authors.
Further information
Opening time and information on NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY
Open all year round. Closed January 1 and December 25. Low season: daily 9am to 5pm. High season: daily from 9am to 6pm. Free admission. When the cemetery is open to the public, staff members are on duty in the visitor center to answer questions and escort family members to the various memorial sites. Free admission.
Members' reviews on NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY
The ratings and reviews below reflect the subjective opinions of members and not the opinion of The Little Witty.
Magnifiquement entretenu, site incontournable pour mesurer les sacrifices réalisés par ces hommes à des milliers de kilometres de chez eux.