Best battlefields to visit in Europe
180 European battles with memorials, monuments, museums or other sites recorded in Wikidata, ranked by how many there are.
Red: battle locations. Blue: memorials and sites that commemorate them. Every point is drawn.
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- Which battlefields can you visit in Europe?
- 180 battles here have 300 memorials, monuments, museums or other sites recorded in Wikidata, led by Battle of Leipzig (22), Battle of Austerlitz (14), Battle of Waterloo (12), Battle of Spicheren (6).
Battles and what to see
- Battle of Leipzig 1813
- Bird Castle memorial, monument
- Blücher monument monument
- Denkmal Monarchenhügel monument
- Ereignisdenkmal 100. Jahrestag der Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig Ybbs an der Donau monument
- Friedenseiche monument, remarkable tree
- Gedenkstein Deutsch-Russische Waffenbrüderschaft 1813 memorial stone
- Gedenkstein Völkerschlacht war memorial
- Gedenkstein zur Völkerschlacht 1813 cultural heritage ensemble, monument
- Kugeldenkmal monument
- Lipska Street in Warsaw street
- Memorial stone centenary Battle of Leipzig memorial stone
- Memorial stone centenary Battle of Leipzig in Lebenstedt memorial stone
- Monument to the Battle of the Nations memorial stone, war memorial
- Napoleonstein monument, sculpture
- Plaqe centenary Battle of Leipzig commemorative plaque
- Scharnhorstdenkmal Wennigsen monument
- Völkerschlachtdenkmal memorial stone
- Völkerschlachtdenkmal monument
- Völkerschlachtdenkmal war memorial
- Völkerschlachtdenkmal war memorial
- Völkerschlachtdenkmal Stadtpark war memorial
- Österreicher-Denkmal Antonienstraße war memorial
- Battle of Austerlitz 1805
- Austerlitz Horse Memorial memorial
- Cairn of Peace memorial
- Memorial of Ferdinand Tiesenhausen in Silničná crucifix, war memorial
- Memorial to french surgeon J. D. Larrey and his medics in Šlapanice memorial, monument
- Monument to the Battle of Austerlitz at Krchůvek, Křenovice war memorial
- Monument to the three emperors memorial, war memorial
- Monument to the victims of the war years 1805-1809 and to Norbert Brassine war memorial
- Muzeum památníku Mohyla míru museum
- Pieta monument
- Pomník Jirčíkovy brigády monument, war memorial
- Pomník Pod Urbáňkem (Slavkov u Brna) memorial
- Replica of Austrian field gun field gun, replica
- mass grave of the Russian soldiers from the Battle of Austerlitz grave cross, mass grave
- reconciliation memorial memorial, monument
- Battle of Waterloo 1815
- Cossall Waterloo Memorial war memorial
- Great Torrington Waterloo Monument war memorial obelisk
- Lion's Mound artificial hill
- Penielheugh Monument monument
- Railings, Plinth And Rectangular Basin With Inscription Tablet guard rail, war memorial
- Statue of Lord Seaton, Winchester statue, war memorial
- Waterloo Bridge road bridge
- Waterloo Monument, Waterloo Hill monument
- Waterloo Tower folly, monument
- Waterloo Tower monument
- Waterloo column memorial stone
- Waterloo memorial obelisk, war memorial
- Battle of Spicheren 1870
- Battle of Spicheren Memorial Cross monumental cross
- Denkmal der 39er war memorial
- Denkmal der 40er war memorial
- Denkmal der 48er war memorial
- Denkmal der 74er war memorial
- Monument for the 12th Grenadiers war memorial
- Battle of Jena–Auerstedt 1806
- Museum 1806 history museum
- Napoleonstein monument
- Saxony's grave memorial stone
- War memorial Hassenhausen war memorial
- War memorial Vierzehnheiligen war memorial
- Battle of Kulm 1813
- Austrian monument to the Battle of Kulm in Varvažov guardhouse, memorial
- Grave of Karl Ferdinand Wilhelm von Röder destroyed building or structure, grave
- Rakouský jubilejní pomník bitvy u Chlumce 1813 memorial, monument
- Russian monument to the 1813 Battle of Priesten memorial
- Schinkel-Tabernakel von Kulm memorial, monument
- Battle of Königgrätz 1866
- Battery of Dead war memorial
- Battle of Königgrätz memorial on Blažíčkovo náměstí monument, war memorial
- Memorial of the Austrian 8th Jäger Battalion war memorial
- Pomník č. 415 monument
- Pomník č. 61 monument
- Normandy landings 1944
- British Normandy Memorial World War II memorial
- Horsa sculpture sculpture, war memorial
- Omaha beach Signal memorial memorial
- Signal (Graye-sur-Mer) monument
- World War II D-day Training Site commemorative plaque
- Battle of Marathon 490 BC
- Kynaigeiros monument, Eleusis relief sculpture
- Nike of Marathon statue
- Soros archaeological site, tumulus
- Victory statue "Nike", Marathonas sculpture
- Liberation of Kalamata 1821
- Greece Crowns the Fighter of 1821, Kalamata sculpture
- Memorial to 23 March 1821, Kalamata memorial
- Statue of Liberty, Kalamata sculpture
- War Memorial, Kalamata war memorial
- First Battle of Ypres 1914
- Gloucestershire Regiment Obelisk war memorial, war memorial obelisk
- War Memorial 77e, 114e and 135e Régiment d'infanterie (Zonnebeke) war memorial
- War Memorial Black Watch Corner (Zonnebeke) statue, war memorial
- War Memorial Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion (Geluveld) war memorial
- Siege of Leningrad 1941
- Frontier Stone Monument historic site, monument
- Nevsky Pyatachok Memorial historic site, war memorial
- Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery cemetery, historic site
- Victims of the Siege of Leningrad Memorial cenotaph
- Battle of Actium 31 BC
- Actium Monument monument
- Arch of Augustus triumphal arch
- Nicopolis ancient city, archaeological site
- Battle of Formigny 1450
- Borne de la bataille de Formigny cautionary memorial
- Monument to the Battle of Formigny cautionary memorial
- chapelle Saint-Louis de Formigny chapel
- Battle of Vienna 1683
- Cossacks monument Türkenschanzpark monument
- John III Sobieski Monument in Vienna memorial
- Kugelkreuz monument
- Battle of Sahay 1742
- Column shrine "Černá kaplička" column shrine
- Column shrine near Zahájí chapel-shrine, column shrine
- Wayside cross near Zahájí crucifix, wayside cross
- Battle of Flers–Courcelette 1916
- 41st British Division Memorial war memorial
- Courcelette Memorial war memorial
- Longueval New Zealand Memorial memorial, war memorial
- Battle of Stalingrad 1942
- Mahnmal in Pestschanka monument, sculpture
- Strana bojující memorial, statue
- The Motherland Calls colossal statue, historic site
- Dieppe Raid 1942
- Canadian Engineers Memorial war memorial
- Newhaven Memorial Garden memorial garden
- Parc de Dieppe park
- Battle of Berlin 1945
- Haus der Befreiung memorial, residential building
- Soviet Army memorial Drögen war memorial
- Sowjetisches Ehrenmal Schöneiche memorial
- Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC
- Demophilos monument, Thespies commemorative sculpture
- Leonidas monument commemorative sculpture
- Battle of Salamis 480 BC
- Salamis sea-battle tumulus archaeological site, tumulus
- Warriors of Salamis (sculpture) sculpture, war memorial
- Battle of Cedynia 972
- Battle Monument Cedynia monument, pole
- Mosaic below Battle Monument Cedynia mosaic
- Battle of North Walsham 1381
- Cross 120m south west of Tollgate Farm stone cross, war memorial
- Cross 300m north west of Tollbar Cottages stone cross, war memorial
- Battle of Sempach 1386
- Lion Monument monument, sculpture
- St. Jakob Battle chapel battle chapel, church building
- Battle of Flodden 1513
- Flodden Memorial war memorial
- The Flodden Field Monument, Scotts Place, Selkirk monument, war memorial
- Battle of Lepanto 1571
- Batalla de Lepanto commemorative plaque
- Memorial to the Zakynthians in the Battle of Lepanto memorial
- Siege of Leiden 1574
- Cornelis Joppensz. sculpture
- Leidens Ontzet sculpture
- Battle of White Mountain 1620
- Bílá Hora memorial in Skřipel memorial
- Monument at Bílá hora memorial
- Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) 1631
- Breitenfeld Monument monument
- Gustav Adolf Stein monument
- Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664) 1664
- Mogersdorf Peace Stone memorial stone, war memorial
- Turkish Memorial at Annakapelle obelisk, war memorial
- Siege of Barcelona (1713–1714) 1713
- Als morts en defensa de les llibertats i constitucions de Catalunya en el setge de Barcelona sculpture, sepulchral monument
- National Day of Catalonia national day, public holiday
- Battle of Aspern–Essling 1809
- Hesserdenkmal monument
- Löwe von Aspern war memorial
- Battle of Bautzen (1813) 1813
- Denkmal für die Schlacht bei Bautzen, mit Einfriedung Purschwitz 9 memorial stone
- Franzosenstein memorial stone
- Battle of Dennewitz 1813
- Bülow memorial Dennewitz monument
- Tauentzien memorial Dennewitz memorial stone
- Battle of Dresden 1813
- Battle of Castelfidardo 1860
- Charnel house of the Battle of Castelfidardo archaeological artifact museum, ossuary
- National monument of Marche "ai Vittoriosi" memorial
- Battle of Bizani 1913
- Memorial of Battle of Bizani, Bizani war memorial
- Memorial to Bizanomachon, Ioannina war memorial
- Battle of the Yser 1914
- Alphonse Jacques statue, war memorial
- Nationale Hulde aan Koning Albert I en de Helden van de IJzer annual commemoration
- Second Battle of Ypres 1915
- Gloucestershire Regiment Obelisk war memorial, war memorial obelisk
- Saint Julien Memorial war memorial
- Battle of the Somme 1916
- 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Memorial Celtic cross, war memorial
- Thiepval Memorial Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained memorial
- Battle of Passchendaele 1917
- New Zealand Memorial obelisk, war memorial
- The Mud Soldier sculpture
- Battle of Amiens (1918) 1918
- 58th (London) Division Memorial war memorial
- Le Quesnel Memorial war memorial
- Battle of Crete 1941
- Memorial of the Battle of Crete, Argyroupoli war memorial
- Relief sculpture of Glory, Rethymno World War II memorial
- Operation Schwarz 1943
- Dolina heroja memorial complex
- Memorial hall in Tjentište memorial
- Battle of Arnhem 1944
- Engineers Monument memorial stone, sculpture
- RAF monument memorial column, monument
- Battle of Plataea 479 BC
- Serpent Column sculpture, spiral column
- Battle of Leuctra 371 BC
- Leuktra trophy archaeological site, memorial
- Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) 338 BC
- Lion of Chaeronea ancient monument, grave marker
- Battle of Adamclisi 101
- Tropaeum Traiani mausoleum
- Battle of Roncevaux Pass 778
- Battle of Fontenoy (841) 841
- Obélisque de Fontenoy-en-Puisaye obelisk
- Battle of Lechfeld 955
- Ulrichsstein memorial
- Battle of Lyrskov Heath 1043
- Magnus stone memorial stone
- Battle of Val-ès-Dunes 1047
- Colonne de la bataille du Val-ès-Dunes cautionary memorial
- Battle of Grathe Heath 1157
- Grathestenen memorial
- Battle of Legnano 1176
- palio of Legnano Palio, recurring event
- Battle of Portopí 1229
- Creu dels Montcada memorial, sculpture
- Battle on the Ice 1242
- Saint Trifon Church on the stone in the lake Peipus Orthodox chapel, monument
- Battle of Lewes 1264
- Battle of Lewes memorial war memorial
- Battle of the Golden Spurs 1302
- Battle of Glen Trool 1307
- Bruce's Stone, Loch Trool monument
- Battle of Morgarten 1315
- Morgarten battle monument built structure, memorial
- Battle of Boroughbridge 1322
- Aldborough Cross high cross, stone cross
- Battle of Llucmajor 1349
- Creu del Camp de sa Batalla memorial
- Combat of the Thirty 1351
- Colonne des Trente obelisk, war memorial
- Battle of Näfels 1388
- battle memorial Stoss battle memorial, built structure
- Battle of Grunwald 1410
- Grunwaldzki Square in Warsaw square
- Battle of Harlaw 1411
- Harlaw Monument monument
- Battle of Sudoměř 1420
- Žižka memorial, Sudoměř memorial, statue
- Battle of Domažlice 1431
- Památník husitského vítězství u Domažlic memorial, monument
- Battle of Lipany 1434
- Battle of Lipany memorial memorial, tumulus
- Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs 1444
- St. Jacob's Monument built structure, memorial
- Battle of Mortimer's Cross 1461
- Battle of Barnet 1471
- Hadley Highstone memorial
- Battle of Tewkesbury 1471
- The Arrivall, Tewkesbury sculpture
- Battle of Hornshole 1514
- The Callant statue equestrian statue, monument
- Siege of Vienna (1529) 1529
- Gedenktafel Türkenbelagerung, Margaretenplatz 3, Vienna commemorative plaque
- Battle of St. Quentin (1557) 1557
- Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial Monument (Spain), Roman Catholic monastery
- Battle of Heiligerlee (1568) 1568
- Graaf Adolfmonument sculpture, war memorial
- Siege of Chartres (1568) 1568
- Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Brèche chapel, monument
- Capture of Brielle 1572
- Monument 1872 statue
- Battle of Arques 1589
- Battle of Montjuïc (1641) 1641
- Day of the Catalan Soldier annual event
- Siege of Brno 1645
- Statue of Martin Stredonius in Brno memorial, monument
- Siege of Groningen (1672) 1672
- Memorial plaque of the Siege of Groningen commemorative plaque, memorial
- Battle of Ronas Voe 1674
- The Hollanders' Graves memorial
- Battle of Fehrbellin 1675
- Hakenberg Victory Column observation tower, tower
- Battle of Denain 1712
- Battle of Stäket 1719
- Skogsö monument monument
- Battle of Chotusitz 1742
- Battle of Chotusitz battle
- Battle of Culloden 1746
- Jacobite Memorial Cairn cairn, war memorial
- Battle of Štěrboholy 1757
- Památník bitvy u Štěrbohol memorial
- Battle of Kolín 1757
- Memorial in Na Bojišti park memorial
- Battle of Torgau 1760
- Monument Süptitzer Höhen monument
- Battle of Flamborough Head 1779
- Battle of Flamborough Head Memorial Plaque war memorial
- Siege of Lille (1792) 1792
- Column of the Goddess victory column
- Battle of Jemappes 1792
- Coq de Jemappes monument
- Battle of Racławice 1794
- Racławicka Street street
- Battle of Sprimont 1794
- Monument Battle of Sprimont monument
- Battle of Grauholz 1798
- Grauholz memorial historic site, war memorial
- Battle of Copenhagen (1801) 1801
- Battle of Trafalgar 1805
- Trafalgar Monument war memorial
- Battle of Lübeck 1806
- Siege of Zaragoza (1809) 1808
- Siege of Zaragoza (1808) 1808
- Battle of Lapua 1808
- Kiviristi memorial, war memorial
- Battle of Čegar 1809
- Skull Tower skull tower
- Battle of Talavera 1809
- Battle of Wagram 1809
- Kriegerdenkmal 1809 war memorial
- Siege of Tarifa (1812) 1811
- Monument to General Francisco de Copons, Tarifa monument, statue
- Battle of Borodino 1812
- Napoleonic Fabergé egg
- Battle of Berezina 1812
- Berezyńska Street street
- Battle of Großbeeren 1813
- Schinkel-Tabernakel von Großbeeren monument
- Siege of San Sebastián 1813
- Centennial Monument (Donostia) destroyed building or structure, memorial
- Battle of Champaubert 1814
- Mémorial napoléonien memorial column
- Battle of Peta 1822
- Memorial to the Fallen, Battle of Peta war memorial
- Battle of Karpenisi 1823
- Memorial to Battle of Kefalovryso, Karpenisi war memorial
- Destruction of Psara 1824
- Memorial to Psara massacre war memorial
- Battle of Navarino 1827
- Battle of Iganie 1831
- Igańska Street in Warsaw street
- Battle of Stoczek 1831
- Stocka Street in Warsaw street
- Battle of Ostrołęka (1831) 1831
- Ostrołęcka Street in Warsaw street
- Siege of Antwerp (1832) 1832
- monument aux Français monument
- Siege of Buda (1849) 1849
- Soldier's Statue statue
- Battle of Solferino 1859
- Monument to the victims from Solferino in Písek war memorial
- Battle of Sankelmark 1864
- Danish war memorial at Sankelmark memorial
- Battle of Skalitz 1866
- Dubno monument
- Battle of Náchod 1866
- Siege of Paris (1870–1871) 1870
- Battle of Hallue 1870
- Colonne Faidherbe column, monument
- Siege of Belfort 1870
- Battle of Sedan 1870
- Sedan Memorial Tree remarkable tree
- Battle of Buzenval (1871) 1871
- Memorial to the soldiers who died during the battle of Buzenval in 1871 tomb, war memorial
- Siege of Plevna 1877
- Plevna Chapel monument
- Battle of Pente Pigadia 1912
- Memorial of the Battle of Pente Pigadion war memorial
- Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas 1913
- Heroon of the Battle of Kilkis commemorative sculpture
- Battle of Tannenberg 1914
- Tannenberg Memorial memorial
- Battle of Cer 1914
- Memorial Ossuary Cer monument
- Battle of St. Quentin (1914) 1914
- Battle of Mons 1914
- exposition La Bataille de Mons (2014) temporary exhibition
- Battle of Les Éparges 1915
- Monument du 106e régiment d'infanterie monument, war memorial
- Second Battle of Artois 1915
- Loretto-Stein war memorial
- Battle of Verdun 1916
- Hill 304 Memorial war memorial
- Battle of Jutland 1916
- Battle of Jutland memorial park cautionary memorial, memorial park
- Battle of Arras (1917) 1917
- Dury Memorial war memorial
- Second Battle of Passchendaele 1917
- Passchendaele Canadian Memorial war memorial
- Battle of Zborov (1917) 1917
- Zborovský pomník statue, war memorial
- Battle of Vimy Ridge 1917
- Vimy Ridge Memorial Park memorial park, urban park
- Battle of Langemarck (1917) 1917
- War Memorial Stephen Henshaw (Langemark) war memorial
- Battle of Cantigny 1918
- Cantigny American Monument war memorial
- Second Battle of the Somme 1918
- Thiepval Memorial Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained memorial
- Second Battle of the Marne 1918
- 'The Ghosts' sculpture, war memorial
- Battle of Tampere 1918
- Vapaudenpatsas memorial, statue
- Battle of the Lys (1918) 1918
- Kemmel American Monument war memorial
- Zeebrugge Raid 1918
- Zeebrugge memorial, Seacombe Ferry war memorial
- Battle of Skra-di-Legen 1918
- Memorial to the Battle of Skra, 1918 war memorial
- Battle of Utria 1919
- battle of Utria monument Estonian War of Independence memorial
- Siege of Warsaw (1939) 1939
- Pomnik Barykada Września monument
- Defense of Katowice 1939
- Monument to the Scouts of September, Katowice memorial, monument
- Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig 1939
- Battle of Suomussalmi 1939
- Memorial of Haukiperä memorial, war memorial
- Siege of Malta (World War II) 1940
- Malta George Cross Memorial war memorial
- Dunkirk evacuation 1940
- RNLI Dunkirk Memorial war memorial
- Battle of Elaia–Kalamas 1940
- Memorial of the Greek Fighter 1940-41, Kalpaki World War II memorial, sculpture
- Battle of Dunkirk 1940
- Battle of Cape Matapan 1941
- Plaque at the Battle of Cape Matapan 28/03/1941 commemorative plaque
- Battle of Hill 731 1941
- Memorial to the Fallen on Hill 731, Trikala World War II memorial
- Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) 1941
- Soldier and Sailor Memorial monument
- Operation Pedestal 1942
- National War Museum military museum, museum
- Battle of Fardykambos 1943
- National Resistance Memorial - Battle of Fardykambos, Siatista commemorative sculpture
- Battle of Tehumardi 1944
- Tehumardi memorial monument
- Battle of Elsenborn Ridge 1944
- Tank memorial tank memorial, war memorial
- Battle of Ancona 1944
- museo della Liberazione di Ancona history museum, museum of a public entity
- Battle of Overloon 1944
- Oorlogsmonument ‘7de Amerikaanse Pantserdivisie’ memorial column, war memorial
- Battle of Narva (1944) 1944
- The Tank Monument of Narva monument
- Battle of Monte Castello 1944
- monument to the Brazilian Expeditionary Force war memorial
- Battle of Remagen 1945
- Peace Museum Bridge of Remagen history museum, peace museum
- Battle of Otterlo 1945
- Slag in Otterlo memorial stone, war memorial
- Siege of Sarajevo 1992
- Sarajevo Red Line memorial, theatrical production
Places that Wikidata records as commemorating the battle (property P547: memorials, monuments, museums, cemeteries, visitor sites), with their Wikidata positions (CC0). Check opening times and access before you go.