Panoramas to explore
3 panoramas
Inside the Memorial · the Chapel and the Maps
Reinhard, Hofmeister & Walquist · C. Paul Jennewein · site permanent · Neupré
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Inside the memorial, three large inlaid marble maps cover the walls: they show American operations across Western Europe, from the landings to the Rhine. At the far end, the chapel with Jennewein's bronze figure and a gilded ceiling. Outside, the graves tell the same war from ground level. In here, you read it from above. What strikes you first: the maps or the chapel?
Names in Stone · the Field of Graves
American Battle Monuments Commission · site permanent · Neupré
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On the memorial wall: "To those who gave their lives in the service of their country — 1941–1945 — in humble tribute." On the ground, tablets bear engraved names. To the left, the field: 5,162 white markers in rows across the park. You are on the side where the monument stops being architecture and becomes a list. What holds your attention?
The Memorial · South Façade with the Eagle
American Battle Monuments Commission · site permanent · Neupré
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Before you, a white limestone block stands in a carefully tended park. On its south façade, a five-metre American eagle is carved in bas-relief, flanked by three figures symbolising justice, freedom and truth. Around the memorial, 5,162 American soldiers lie in a cemetery that Belgium ceded to the United States forever. You are in Neupré — where would you like to begin?
