Lippens & De Bruyne Monument

This memorial in Blankenberge commemorates the deaths of two officers and, incidentally, a dark chapter in Belgian history.Joseph Lippens and Henri De Bruyne were officers in the army of King Leopold II. Lippens was born in Brussels in 1855, and De Bruyne in 1868 in the Belgian seaside resort of Blankenberge. Their names would probably have been long forgotten if a memorial on Blankenberge's beach promenade hadn't commemorated them both.Lippens and De Bruyne were honored because they fell into the hands of Arab slave traders in the Congo and were killed by them on December 1, 1892.The monument, inaugurated on September 9, 1900, was donated by a committee of Congo veterans and created by the Brussels sculptor Guillaume Charlier.
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The Monument to Lippens and De Bruyne is a bronze sculpture group on the Zeedijk in Blankenberge in honor of Henri De Bruyne and Joseph Lippens, two Belgian soldiers who fell in the service of the Force Publique during the war in Maniema in 1892. The memorial, made by Guillaume Charlier, was unveiled in 1900.

The Monument for Lippens and De Bruyne is a bronze group of statues, in honour of two Belgian soldiers who died in the service of the Force Publique during the war in 1892.