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    Yser Towers (redirect from Ijzertoren)
    / 51.03167°N 2.85333°E / 51.03167; 2.85333 The Yser Towers (Dutch: IJzertoren) are a monument complex near the Yser river at Diksmuide, West Flanders...
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    Pilgrimage (Dutch: IJzerbedevaart) is an annual gathering at the Yser Tower (IJzertoren) in Diksmuide, West Flanders in Belgium. This pilgrimage remembers the...
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    Belgium. The site is located about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from the IJzertoren in the centre of the city, and is set directly on the banks of the Yser...
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    first word in a sentence) usually capitalise the entire pair: IJzer, IJzertoren. When a Dutch word starting with IJ is capitalised, the entire digraph...
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    Museum – Hiroshima, Japan; near the peace park, across the Honkawa river IJzertoren – Diksmuide, West Flanders, Belgium The International Peace Museum – Dayton...
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    portal Dodengang - section of preserved Belgian trenches near Diksmuide IJzertoren - a monument to the soldiers killed on the Yser Front Brothers Van Raemdonck...
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    years and the brothers were symbolically reburied at the Yser Towers (IJzertoren) in 1932 and was an important part of the annual Yser Pilgrimage (IJzerbedevaart)...
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    (Nooit Meer Oorlog, Godsvrede, Zelfbestuur). A yearly pilgrimage to the IJzertoren is still held to this day. The poet Anton van Wilderode wrote many texts...
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    worked on the painting for more than 10 years. It was donated to the IJzertoren (Yser Tower) where it is kept in the museum. Name variations: Hendrik...
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    sepulchre in 1920. In 1930, his corpse was placed in the crypt of the IJzertoren (the Yser Tower, named after the River Yser) in Diksmuide. Through his...
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