Belgian Infantry Memorial, Brussels Explained

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]

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  1. Web site: Monument à l'Infanterie Belge – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural . 2023-12-19 . monument.heritage.brussels . fr.
  2. Web site: London Remembers . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928034934/http://www.brusselsremembers.irisnet.be/memorial/?hmenu=&id=40 . 2011-09-28 . brusselsremembers.irisnet.be.