Yser Towers

1946 in BelgiumBuildings and structures completed in 1930Buildings and structures completed in 1965Buildings and structures demolished in 1946Diksmuide ... and 6 more

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The Yser Towers (Dutch: IJzertoren) are a monument complex near the Yser river at Diksmuide, West Flanders in Belgium. The first tower was built in 1928–30 to commemorate the Belgian soldiers killed on the surrounding Yser Front during World War I and as a monument to Christian pacifism. However, it subsequently became an important political symbol for the Flemish Movement and was destroyed in 1946 as a result of its association with Flemish nationalist collaboration in German-occupied Belgium in World War II. The current tower was rebuilt alongside the remains of the original and copied its design. It was finished in 1965. It remains a site of political significance to Flemish nationalists and is the center for their annual Yser Pilgrimage (IJzerbedevaart).

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Museum aan de IJzer

IJzerdijk 49
8600 (Kaaskerke)
West Flanders, Belgium
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