Some memories of a very nice week with my Italian friends
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| On my patio in Brugge |
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| In the Guido Gezelle garden |
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| At the URB-EGG café at the Gentpoort |
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| Obligatory excursion to Cadzand to enjoy the mussels |
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| In the train to Knokke |
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| With Bernadette in her Gallery d'Haudrecy |
Sculptures in the church of Lissewege
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| Wilfried Jacobs " Door of Heaven (Hemelse poort) " |
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| Carlos Caluwier's acrylaat statues |
What does Nieuwpoort have in common with Namur, Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Kortrijk and Bruges? In all of these cities you can find a statue of Albert I, the Soldier King. These bronze riders mark the way the German army invaded Belgium in 1914, up until Nieuwpoort where they came to a grinding halt. This was achieved through the power of seawater and the smart coordination of the sluices and locks.
But water wasn’t only an ally, it condemned Nieuwpoort to a crueller fate, the complete destruction of the city as first city at the front. A hundred years later the monument to King Albert I is a serene place in a beautiful landscape, surrounded by water. The ideal place to tell the story of the inundation. This happens in the hypermodern visitor centre‘Westfront Nieuwpoort’ right under the 2500m² terrace of the monument, with a polyvalent inner circle and 3 exposition wings.
Karel Cogge played a very important role during the flooding of the Yser plaines at the end of Octobre 1914. By this flooding the frontline came to a halt and Furnes "Veurne" became "City behind the front" for the next four years.
The Great War on canvas - exhibition
Panoramic view from the top of the Memorial
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