Belgian Infantry Memorial | |
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Brussels, Belgium | |
For the Belgian Foot Soldiers who fought in WWI and WWII | |
Location | 50°50′16″N 4°21′09″E / 50.837795°N 4.352506°E |
Designed by | Edouard Vereycken |
A LA GLOIRE D'INFANTERIE BELGE
PETIT GRANIT DE MERBES-SPRIMONT SALUS PATRIAE SUPREMA LEX AUX FANTASSINS MORTS POUR LA PATRIE 1914 - 1918 1940 - 1945 |
The 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.[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]