King Albert I Memorial | |
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Koning Albert I-monument | |
Belgium | |
For King Albert I of Belgium and the Belgian troops during the First World War | |
Unveiled | 1938 |
Location | 51°08′10″N 2°45′20″E / 51.13611°N 2.75556°E |
Designed by | Julien de Ridder |
The King Albert I Memorial, also named the King Albert I Monument (Dutch: Koning Albert I-monument; French: Monument au Roi Albert Ier) is a memorial at the Belgian coastal city of Nieuwpoort. It is located right outside the old town, on the right bank of the Yser river at the lock complex Ganzepoot. The monument was erected in 1938 after a design of Julien de Ridder and honours both King Albert I of Belgium and the Belgian troops at the time of the First World War.