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Brugge vil efter den Store Krig rejse en rytterstatue til ære for kong Albert I. Bygningen af andre krigsmonumenter i byen komplicerer dette. Endelig træffer byrådet i 1938 en endelig beslutning om statuen. Dog skubber Anden Verdenskrig realiseringen af den på lang bane.
Monumentet indvies endelig den 30. maj 1954. Ikke på Zand, som oprindeligt planlagt, men i parken langs Kong Albert I-alleen. Det er samtidig et befrielsesmonument for Brugge og et hæderstegn for den tidligt afdøde herre.
Den Brugse billedhugger Octave Rotsaert afbilder 'konge-soldaten' til hest. Han kigger mod IJzer, hvor han førte de belgiske frontsoldater.
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Address: Koning Albert I-laan, Brugge
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