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Diksmuide area
UNESCO
funerary and memory sites of the first world war
Yser Tower
in
Diksmuide
at
IJzerdijk 49
The tower houses the Yser Museum (Museum aan de IJzer) which belongs to the United Nations network of peace museums.
Vladslo German War Cemetery
in
Diksmuide
at
Houtlandstraat 3
In 1956, burials from many smaller surrounding cemeteries were concentrated in Vladslo, and it now contains the remains of 25,644 soldiers.
World War 1 Belgian Military Cemetery
in
Houthulst
at
Poelkappelestraat, 301
Over 1,650 Belgian soldiers, the majority killed during the liberation battles of the last few months of the war, are laid to rest.