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Hougoumont Farm
Braine-l'Alleud · Waals-Brabant — Belgium
Hougoumont (Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium), the fortified manor farm whose defense by British Guards on 18 June 1815 was vital to Wellington’s victory at Waterloo.
Le Roi du Monde
Plaatsen in België
Plaatsen in Europa.
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Passchendaele Battlefield
Passendale (Zonnebeke) · West Flanders — Belgium
Passendale near Ypres (West Flanders, Belgium), location of the Third Battle of Ypres (31 July – 10 November 1917), remembered for brutal attrition in mud and rain.
Archive recordSt. Salvator's Cathedral
Belgium
St Salvator’s Cathedral in Bruges retains a lower tower dating to the eleventh century. The present church was built broadly between 1275 and 1527. Its neo-Romanesque tower crown dates from 1844–1871, and work on a neo-Gothic chapter building began in 1912.
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Waterloo Battlefield
Waterloo · Waals-Brabant — Belgium
Waterloo and Braine-l’Alleud (Walloon Brabant, Belgium), where on 18 June 1815 the Seventh Coalition under Wellington and Blücher permanently ended the Napoleonic era.