Posts Tagged 'Pierrefonds'

Of all the historical sites that I have visited the site known as the Clearing of the Armistice may be the most memorable.  This nondescript patch of gravel in the middle of the Compiegne Forest where King Louis XV enjoyed hunting is neither beautiful, impressive nor majestic.  It’s what took place there on November 11, 1918 and June 22, 1940 that makes it so important.

In 1918 the clearing did not exist.  In fact the forest was ...