Fère-en-Tardenois

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Fère-en-Tardenois ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}, literally Fère in Tardenois) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

It is named for the Tardenois region.

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Personalities

It was the birthplace of Camille Claudel (1864–1943), sculptor and graphic artist.

Sights

The Château de Fère-en-Tardenois dates originally from 1206, with later important Renaissance alterations.

The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial is one and a half miles east of Fère-en-Tardenois. It contains the graves of 6,012 American soldiers who died while fighting in this vicinity during World War I including the poet, Joyce Kilmer and, until 1987, Eddie Slovik, a deserter and the first American soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War.

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