The Bruges war memorial

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After the war, each town or village erected war memorials to honour their war victims. The choice of location in Bruges caused much uproar. Ultimately, the former Carthusian Church was selected, which served as military chapel during the war.

The war memorial comprises a chapel and crypt, seven plaques on the outside wall and a triumphal arch at the entrance of Kartuizerinnenstraat. The interior of the chapel is decorated and in the crypt, a gisant, or recumbent statue, decorates a sarcophagus.

Prince (later King) Leopold unveiled the honorary chapel in 1927 and described it as 'the most beautiful monument in Belgium'.

Source

Vl. Toeristisch bezienswaardigheden

| | Public | Dutch • French • German

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Kartuizerinnenstraat, Brugge

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