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Pavlik_NL Says: A smile in this sad landscape because of history is the "Steenakker molen" (= stone ackre windmill). It has been destroyed like everything else in the first worldwar, but was rebuilt after. The Germans nicknamed the windmill in the first months of the war as the...
Pavlik_NL Says: Rising high above the fields that surround Sint juliaan is the Canadian Forces Memorial. Different from all the other monuments in the Ieper Saillant, this silent column has a sence of artistic beauty. On the column one sees a soldier that holds his face down in moarning. F....
On the road of "In Flanders Fields" route
Pavlik_NL Says: Sint Juliaan is one of many stops along the "In Flanders Fields" car route. This 82 kilometers long drive through and around Ieper shows all mayor sites that are connected to the fierce battles around here in between 1914 and 1918. It is available through internet on the...
Pavlik_NL Says: Like in the other villages in Flanders, in Sint Juliaan too one can see them almost everywhere. Small crosses, chapels of little houses of prayer on junctions or along roads through the fields and acres. It is a special thing to admire in these surroundings and always give...
filipdebont Says: You find this Canadian war monument at Vancouver Corner (Kerselarekruispunt), which is the crossing of the Brugseweg and the Zonnebekestraat at St Juliaan.St Juliaan is a parish of Langemark. Langemark which is of course well known for its German cemetery. So whenever you...
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Sint Juliaan, the first experiments with gas
Sint Juliaan, or Saint Julien as the allied forces called this place, has gone into history as the place where for the first time on larger scale a gasattack was launched. On the 22th of April 1915......
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Up to me this Canadien is one of the most beautiful monuments of the front area around Ieper. It is a Canadian War Memorial which remembers the thousands of Canadian soldiers who fought in this...
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The Canadian Monument at St. Juliaan
This sculpture made of white granite, pictures a giant soldier who lets his folded hands rest on the butt of his gun. "Rest on your arms reversed". The statue is centrally located on the green...
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