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The final resting place of 531 soldiers of the two World Wars. Most of them (490) fell during the First World War. There are also 32 British and 9 Canadian soldiers buried here. They got hospitalized in the military hospital of Lier but passed away of their wounds after the liberation of the city on September 4, 1944.
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Begijnhof
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Gevangenenpoort
The only remaining city gate of Lier, as there used to be 5 city gates in the first city ramparts. The gate was built in 1375. From the 16th century until 1930 it functioned as a prison, which explains the current name for the gate.
On river Nete. (Not in winter)
Small tower with astronomical display. The central dial shows the current civil time (accounting for daylight saving time). The 12 outer dials display the zodiac, which day of the week the year begins & ends on, the side of the earth that is facing the sun (with a globe proudly displaying the outline of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a former Belgian colony), the month, the day, the tide, the phase of the moon & the sidereal time (whether the stars are visible, i.e. local time without accounting for daylight saving time).
Built in the 18th century in Rococo style. The belfry tower dates back to 1369, and is a .
14th-century Gothic church.