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Dabo, Moselle
Commune in Grand Est, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dabo (German: Dagsburg) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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History
Previous names:[3] Dasburch (1188), Dasburg (1189) Dagesburg (1227), Tagesburg (1239), Dagespurg (1313), Dachspurg (1576).
An informal Franco-German summit between President Mitterrand and Chancellor Kohl took place in Dabo July 19, 1983.
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Culture and main sights
Dabo Rock and Saint-Léon chapel
Dabo is mainly known for its rock, named "le Rocher de Dabo", in French. It is a pink sandstone rock crowned by the Saint-Léon chapel. Before the building of this religious site, there was a medieval castle.[5]
This place used to be a celtic worship site. Nowadays, legends are still told about the rock.[5]
The chapel on top of the rock
A part of the rock, in the forest
A medieval illustration of the castle
The troglodyte houses
Two troglodyte houses are still visible today in Dabo. They were inhabited until 1902.[6] Nowadays, tourists and hiking enthusiasts can still visit this place.
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