Памятники и мемориалы, посвященные Первой мировой войне, занесённые в список ЮНЕСКО

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In the first list of the World Heritage in the year 2014 there were a series of Memorial, burial places, related to the first world war, located on the Belgian territory in the provinces of West Flanders, Liege, Hainaut, Namur.

tell about the bravery of the soldiers, about their attitude to death, to fight. This free-standing tombs, old military cemetery of erected spontaneously, temporarily, cemeteries, arising during or immediately after the war, and operated until now, fraternal graves, regrouped in the thirties of the twentieth century, Memorial plaques and gravestones at the individual and mass graves, and not only soldiers from Belgium, but also from all over the world, as well as the civilian population, Memorial Chapeland the unnamed tombs of unknown soldiers.

modern warfare, accompanied by an unprecedented number of casualties and victims due to technological advances in weaponry, recalls the inhumanity of war, about the accompanying suffering and widespread mourning, on the equality of all people, regardless of nationality, political beliefs or social estates before death. It also reflects the international nature of the conflict, is not explicitly associated with one of the warring parties, there are graves and memorials in honor of soldiers from all over the world. It also reflects the international nature of the conflict, whether it is a Memorial or cemeteries are explicitly associated with one of the warring parties or in honor of soldiers from all over the world.

selected for including in the list of battlefields and monuments to those who died in the first world in Belgium. Selection was based on several items : the characteristics of the object (magnitude of the graves, the size and shape of tombstones and Memorial structures, their architectural value); on location in relation to surrounding landscapes and scenery, as well as engineering structures preserved from the time of the first World War (trenches, trenches and other military objects); on the historical value of the place; on the international aspect (places with other States, the national composition of the graves); the so-called not material aspect (sites of special memory or represent works of art).

which is located in the town of Nivport, Belgium. It is located near the old town, on the right bank of the river Yser. The monument was erected in the year 1938 in honor of King Albert I and Belgian troops who participated in the first world war. The architect of the Memorial became Julien de Ridder.

more than 25 000 German soldiers were buried . From the monuments after world wars, survived a few, namely, the Beguinage and the belfry with a Carillon of 30 bells. Along with those they are under the protection of UNESCO. The 15th century town hall and a few other sights after the war were rebuilt.

“in the village of Langemark-Pulkapele

Langemark is a small village five miles north of Ypres in Belgium. In Langemark, as in all villages in the area, there is a cemetery where soldiers were buried

Фландрии, северном регионе Бельгии, - например, знаменитая Битва при Пашендейле 1917 г., в которой погибло более полумиллиона солдат с обеих сторон, или битвы под Ипром . Территории провинций Восточная и Западная Фландрия, где происходили эти события, принято называть "Поля Фландрии"; именно здесь разворачивались многие ключевые события сражений Западного фронта. «Поля Фландрии" - перевод английского выражения Flanders Fields, прекрасно знакомого любому англоязычному человеку. Оно вошло в английский язык благодаря знаменитому стихотворению "In Flanders Fields" Джона МакКрея, канадского военного врача, воевавшего на Западном фронте. Стихотворение было написано МакКреем в 1915 г. после похорон его друга, погибшего во Второй битве за Ипрский выступ, и сразу же приобрело огромную популярность.

mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
Во Фландрии, в полях весенних,  Кровавых маков наважденье, И чёрные крестов ряды Заметны только с высоты, И жаворонка слышно пенье. (перевод Л. Городскова)