Peace Monuments in Belgium & Luxembourg
Click here for peace monuments in the Netherlands.
N.B. This web page has three parts: (1) Brussels, (2) the remainder of Belgium, and (3) Luxembourg.
(1) Peace Monuments in Brussels / Bruxelles / Brussel
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(2) Peace Monuments in the Remainder of Belgium (excluding Brussels)
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Circa 1618 - ''The Union of Earth & Water (Antwerp and the Scheldt)" by Peter Paul Rubens [1577-1640], Hermitge Museum, St Petersburg (Russia). "The alliance of Cybele, Goddess of Earth, and Neptune, God of Victory, as the important alliance of Flanders and the sea, the River Scheldt and the city of Antwerp."
1628 - The Reconcilation of King Henry III & Henry of Navarre, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York (USA). By Peter Paul Rubens [1577-1640].
1648 - "Peace of Münster," British Museum, London (England). "View of the square in front of Antwerp Town Hall, with crowds gathered to listen to the proclamation. Etching by the Czech-English artist & printmaker Wenceslaus Hollar [1607-1777], 220 mm x 338 mm. "The Peace of Münster was a treaty between the Dutch Republic & Spain signed in 1648. It was a landmark treaty for the Dutch republic & one of the key events in Dutch history. With it, the United Netherlands finally became independent from the Spanish Crown. The treaty was a part of the Peace of Westphalia which ended both the Thirty Years' War & the Eighty Years' War."
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(3) Peace Monuments in Luxembourg
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