Belvedère

Kemmelbergweg 38, Heuvelland
Antwerp, Belgium

The Belvedere is a touristic lookout tower on the Kemmelberg, the highest hill in Belgium. The tower was built in 1924 and replaced a wooden tower that was destroyed in the First World War. Adolf Hitler visited this place with his entourage (including Wilhelm Keitel) on 1 June 1940.

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