French President Francois Hollande visited a new war memorial at Notre Dame de Lorette in Ablain-Saint-Nazaire on Tuesday, Armistice Day.<br/> <br />The new memorial is an elliptical ring engraved with the names of the 580,000 men who died in northern France during the First World War.<br/> <br />Designed by the architect Philippe Prost, it pays respect to fighters of all nationalities who perished here between 1914 and 1918.<br/> <br />It is situated is on the edge of the Notre-Dame de Lorette French war cemetery, itself containing the bodies of over 40,000 soldiers.<br/> <br />The year 2014 marks the centennial commemoration for the soldiers who fought in the First World War.
