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  • Dimitris L
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    A fitting Monument for heroes

    De Boeg is a fitting Monument for the 3,500 sailors of Dutch merchant ships that gave their lives for the war effort in the Second World War. The 46 metre aluminium tower and concrete structure are sy...

    Reviewed on Feb 10, 2019
  • Henk M
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    A prominent place

    This war memorial monument, dedicated to all seafaring professionals, killed while doing their duty in World War II, is justly situated on a prominent place in Rotterdam, next to the Erasmus Bridge. W...

    Reviewed on Oct 29, 2017
  • Solodam J
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    It is a War Memorial

    A "boeg" is a bow (of a ship). This 46 m tall aluminium monument symbolize a bow in concrete waves. It is as a remembrance of all the merchant navy who died in the World War II. The location is next t...

    Reviewed on Jul 16, 2017
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    Rotterdam - City of Architecture

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    In Rotterdam, whatever city, that artwork. Here every monument is special. I liked the simplicity and significance of the De God monument

    Reviewed on May 29, 2018
  • Regina P
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    War monument

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    The war monument of Fred Carasso was revealed on 10.04.1957. The 46 m high aluminium construction symbolizes a ship bug within 8 m high concrete waves. A bronze sculpture is before ...

    Reviewed on Oct 13, 2017
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