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    Location: Mesen, Ieper, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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    July 28, 2021

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    1,040 inhabitants and 358 hectares: Mesen is officially the smallest town in Belgium. The place was once an important business location: in the 11th and 12th centuries, all cloth merchants …
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    May 9, 2025

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    Mesen (also called Messines) is the smallest city in Belgium with only about 1075 inhabitants. Mesen has a rich history dating back to Roman times and played an important role in medieval trade, especially in the cloth and leather industry . The town is best known for the Battle of Mesen during the First World War, where it was a strategic location . Today, Mesen is home to several monuments and memorials, such as the New Zealand Division Memorial and the Irish Peace Tower, which commemorate the history and sacrifices of the soldiers during the war .
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    August 30, 2022

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    The infamous Mine Battle, one of the bloodiest episodes of the Great War, took place between here and Ypres on the morning of June 7, 1917. At 3:00am, as the …

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    1. Kemmelberg Ossuary – Kemmelberg cobbled climb loop from Warneton - Waasten

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