| Dabo | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Dabo (Moselle).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins |
| Canton: | Phalsbourg |
| Insee: | 57163 |
| Postal Code: | 57850 |
| Mayor: | Eric Weber[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Pays de Phalsbourg |
| Coordinates: | 48.6542°N 7.2378°W |
| Elevation M: | 660 |
| Elevation Min M: | 236 |
| Elevation Max M: | 945 |
| Area Km2: | 48.12 |
Dabo (German: Dagsburg) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Previous names:[2] 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.
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.[3]
This place used to be a celtic worship site. Nowadays, legends are still told about the rock.
Two troglodyte houses are still visible today in Dabo. They were inhabited until 1902.[4] Nowadays, tourists and hiking enthusiasts can still visit this place.