King Albert I Memorial

King Albert I Memorial
Koning Albert I-monument
Belgium
Memorial with equestrian statue of Albert I of Belgium
For King Albert I of Belgium and the Belgian troops during the First World War
Unveiled1938
Location51°08′10″N 2°45′20″E / 51.13611°N 2.75556°E / 51.13611; 2.75556
Designed byJulien de Ridder
King Albert I Memorial, 2004
Equestrian statue of King Albert I
View of the Ganzepoot sluices complex from the monument

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.