Belgium
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West Flanders

King Albert I Monument

The King Albert I Memorial, also named the King Albert I Monument, is a at the coastal city of . It is located right outside the old town, on the right bank of the at the lock complex .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: war memorial in Nieuwpoort, Belgium
  • Also known as: “King Albert I memorial”, “King Albert I Memorial”, and “King Albert I monument”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ganzepoot and Nieuport Memorial.

River
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a series of locks and spillways in the inner port of which connect one river, three water channels and two canals with the mouth of the River and the maritime port.

Memorial
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The British is a First World War , located in the port city of , which is at the mouth of the River Yser. The memorial lists 547 names of British officers and men with no known grave who were killed in the Siege of Antwerp in 1914 or in the defence of this part of the Western Front from June to November 1917.

Lock
Photo: Frans90245, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a lock, which is situated 1 km west of King Albert I Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nieuwpoort and Lombardsijde.

Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.
is a beach resort and medieval port on the Belgian sea coast in . consists out of two centres: the old medieval centre, with small houses and cobblestone streets, and the coastal centre, comparable to the neighbouring coastal cities: a sandy beach and lots of apartments.

Suburb
, also Lombartzyde, is a district in the Belgian municipality of in province, in northwestern near . Fighting occurred in and around during World War I.

Suburb
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is a town in , one of the three regions of , and in the province of . It lies on the Belgian coast, also called the Flemish coast. It used to be the far west of the island Testerep which lay along the Belgian coast. is situated 2½ km north of King Albert I Monument.

King Albert I Monument

Latitude
51.13619° or 51° 8′ 10″ north
Longitude
2.75581° or 2° 45′ 21″ east
Open location code
9F344QP4+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 42473667
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q2160506
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Hebrew—“King Albert I Monument” goes by many names.

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Highlights include Bezoekerscentrum Westfront Nieuwpoort and Gravensluis.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “King Albert I Monument”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 4.0.