Belgian Infantry Memorial | |
Country: | Brussels, Belgium |
Coordinates: | 50.8378°N 4.3525°W |
Location: | French: Place Poelaert|italic=no / Dutch; Flemish: Poelaertplein|italic=no 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
Designer: | Edouard Vereycken |
Inscription: | A LA GLOIRE D'INFANTERIE BELGE PETIT GRANIT DE MERBES-SPRIMONT SALUS PATRIAE SUPREMA LEX AUX FANTASSINS MORTSPOUR LA PATRIE1914 - 1918 1940 - 1945 |
The Belgian Infantry Memorial (French: Monument à l'Infanterie Belge; Dutch; Flemish: 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 French: Place Poelaert|italic=no/Dutch; Flemish: Poelaertplein|italic=no from the Anglo-Belgian War Memorial.[1] 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".[2]