page_title: Voie Sacrée
section_title: Nowadays
hierarchical_section_title: Voie Sacrée / Nowadays
caption_attribution_description: Panoramique des détails du monument commémoratif de la Voie Sacrée (Verdun, France)
context_page_description: The Voie Sacrée is a road that connects Bar-le-Duc to Verdun, France. It was given its name because of the vital role it played during the Battle of Verdun in World War I.
context_section_description: The Voie Sacrée still exists but it has been paved-over and is now an active secondary road. In 2006, the route was renumbered RD1916, a reference to the road's most critical year. The city hall in the village of Souilly, on the Voie Sacrée, served as headquarters to Generals Philippe Pétain and Robert Nivelle during the Battle of Verdun. A large, well-preserved, two-story stone building fronting on the "Voie Sacree", the Souilly city hall is still in official use today. Several plaques on its facade remind the visitor of the historic role it played in 1916 during the Battle of Verdun and, later in 1918, during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
caption: A bas-relief depicting the Voie Sacrée on a commemorative monument near Verdun.