National Monument

The National Monument on Dam Square is a 1956 cenotaph in , . A national Remembrance of the Dead ceremony is held at the monument every year on 4 May to commemorate the casualties of World War II and subsequent armed conflicts.
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  • Monument
  • …lies at an elevation of 13 metres (43 feet)
  • …is also known as “National Monument on Dam Square”
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • Description: monument on the Dam in Amsterdam to commemorate war casualities of the Netherlands
  • Established: May 4, 1956

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canal District and Dam Square.
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The is the famous 17th-century district surrounding the of .
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, also known as the Dam, is a town square…
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The Nieuwe Kerk is a 15th-century church in … is situated 180 metres northwest of National Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amsterdam and Burgwallen Oude Zijde.
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is the capital of the .
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is a neighborhood of …
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is a neighborhood.

National Monument

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Latitude
52.37282° or 52° 22′ 22″ north
Longitude
4.89369° or 4° 53′ 37″ east
Open location code
9F469VFV+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 168680619
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Geo­Names ID
6951697
Wiki­data ID
Q473851

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“National Monument” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “النصب التذكاري الوطني”
  • Armenian: “Ազգային հուշարձան”
  • Chinese: “國家紀念碑”
  • Dutch: “Monument op de Dam”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal Monument op de Dam”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal Monument”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 530906”
  • French: “Monument national de la place du Dam”
  • French: “monument national sur la place du Dam”
  • French: “Monument national sur le Dam”
  • French: “Monument National”
  • German: “Nationalmonument”
  • Hebrew: “האנדרטה הלאומית (אמסטרדם)”
  • Indonesian: “Monumen Nasional Amsterdam”
  • Italian: “Monumento nazionale”
  • Italian: “Monumento Nazionale”
  • Korean: “전사자 위령탑”
  • Russian: “Национальный монумент”
  • Spanish: “Monumento Nacional”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний монумент”
  • Uzbek: “Milliy yodgorlik”
  • Western Armenian: “Ազգային Յուշարձան”

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