Diksmuide
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Diksmuide is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Diksmuide proper and the former communes of Beerst, Esen, Kaaskerke, Keiem
Town Hall and St Nicholas Church
Ruins of Diksmuide, 1919
Town hall and belfry
Excerpt from Weekblad van Diksmuide of the year of 1834. Preserved in the Ghent University Library.
Dodengang
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The Dodengang is a World War I memorial site located near Diksmuide, Belgium. The site is located about 1.5 kilometres from the IJzertoren in the centre of the city, and is set directly on the banks o
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…Saint Nicolas Church were completely rebuilt after World War I in the Gothic style of the 14th and 15th centuries. The "Trench of Death" (Dutch: Dodengang), about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) from the centre of the city, preserves the trench setting where Belgian soldiers fought under the most perilous conditions…
Yser Canal bank with the new Dodengang museum on the right
Yard with memorial
Belgian fortifications
Inside the trenches