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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description | The Congress Column (French: Colonne du Congrès; Dutch: Congreskolom) is a monument situated on the Place du Congrès / Congresplein in Brussels. It commemorates the formation of the Belgian state and constitution by the National Congress in 1830-1831. It was erected on the initiative of Charles Rogier after a design by Joseph Poelaert between 1850 and 1859. As a memorial to the Belgian victims of the First World War, five unknown soldiers were buried at the foot of the monument on 11 November 1922. Their tomb is surmounted by an eternal flame. |
| Height | 140.00 mm |
| Width | 90.00 mm |
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