Belgian Infantry Memorial, Brussels
PETIT GRANIT DE MERBES-SPRIMONT
SALUS PATRIAE SUPREMA LEX
AUX FANTASSINS MORTS POUR LA PATRIE
1914 - 1918 1940 - 1945The Belgian Infantry Memorial (French: Monument à l'Infanterie Belge; Dutch: Monument voor de Belgische Infanterie) is a monument in Brussels, Belgium, which stands in memory of the Belgian foot soldiers who fought in World War I and World War II. Designed by Edouard Vereycken, the memorial stands in front of Brussels' Palace of Justice and across the Place Poelaert/Poelaertplein from the Anglo-Belgian War Memorial. The memorial rests on a raised platform that overlooks Brussels' city centre. Translated into English, the inscription reads: "To the infantrymen who died for their country".
See also
References
Citations
- ^ "Monument à l'Infanterie Belge – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "London Remembers". brusselsremembers.irisnet.be. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011.
Bibliography
- Le Patrimoine monumental de la Belgique: Bruxelles (PDF) (in French). Vol. 1C: Pentagone N-Z. Liège: Pierre Mardaga. 1994.
External links
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