After a century, a concrete gun emplacement is all that remains of "Lange Max," the Germans' giant cannon used during the First World War.
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After a century, a concrete gun emplacement is all that remains of "Lange Max," the Germans' giant cannon used during the First World War.
The Frontzate, the former railway line 74 connecting Diksmuide with Nieuwpoort, suddenly played a leading role as a front line during the First World War.
The park of Lede in East Flanders has been the base of the Lords of Lede since 1200. They had a spacious castle built there and were promoted in 1633 when they were given the title of marquis.
More than a hundred years ago, on May 12, 1917, the biplane of Count Paul de Goussencourt and Lieutenant de Cubber thundered from the sky during a firefight above Kaaskerke, a small town part of Diksmuide. Both died instantly.
The statue of King Leopold II on the Throne Place, Brabo in Antwerp and Manneken Pis: one by one bronze monuments cast by the "Compagnie des Bronzes de Bruxelles."
Expo 58 left its mark on Brussels in every possible way. Just think of the reconstruction of the inner ring road and the Atomium. But what remains of it on the grounds of the world exhibition itself?
The Centenary Palace, a gift for Belgium's hundredth birthday, was the focal point of the World Exhibition in 1935, as the year in the pediments reveals.
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