{"id":3740,"date":"2023-12-07T13:28:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/nos-musees\/thiepval-museum\/the-site-and-its-history\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T07:53:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T07:53:39","slug":"the-site-and-its-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/en\/nos-musees\/thiepval-museum\/the-site-and-its-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The site and its history"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3740\" class=\"elementor elementor-3740 elementor-390\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e783a1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e783a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58ca2ad6 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58ca2ad6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The site and its history <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aa39b6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8aa39b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-535f20f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"535f20f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwgc.org\/visit-us\/find-cemeteries-memorials\/cemetery-details\/80800\/thiepval-memorial\/\">Located near the Thiepval Memorial to the fallen French and British soldiers,<\/a> in the heart of the Somme battlefields, the Historial has been open to visitors since 2004. 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