Twin Towers of the Porte Chaussée on the Meuse in Verdun

Vintage postcard-style poster saying 'Greetings from Verdun, France' with six arched photos of landmarks: Le Pont de Verdun, Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Rue Mazel, Monument de la Victoire, Canal de l’Est, and Vitrail de la Paix.

I stopped first at the Porte Chaussée, not at a memorial parking lot. Two round stone towers sit in ordinary traffic, straddling the old road that once crossed the Meuse into the walled town. Cars slide under the arch. A cyclist rings through. The river moves slow and greenish under the bridge, and for a … Read more