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Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial

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The Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War military cemetery in the village of Neuville-en-Condroz, near Neupre in Belgium, roughly twenty kilometers southwest of Liege, dedicated in 1960 and administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Its cemetery and memorial were designed by the firm Reinhard, Hofmeister and Walquist, with landscaping by Richard K. Webel, and its 90.5 acres hold 5,329 American graves, including 792 marked as unidentified, laid out in the form of a Greek cross intersected by paths. A bronze figure symbolizing American youth, by the sculptor C. Paul Jennewein, stands within the memorial alongside a five-meter bronze American eagle, and mosaic panels record the insignia of the major United States units that fought in the northwest European campaigns of 1944 and 1945; granite Tables of the Missing list 462 further service members whose remains were never recovered. An interior chapel carries marble wall maps and decorative panels depicting the campaigns the cemetery commemorates.

Facts
Building Type
Military cemetery and memorial 1
Location
Neuville-en-Condroz, near Neupre, Belgium 1
Completed Year
1962 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Monument 1
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Monument, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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1. Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Wikipedia
  • Lead section, description
    is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery
  • Lead section, location
    located in the village of Neuville-en-Condroz, near the southeast edge of Neupré, some 20 km (12 mi) south-west of Liège in Belgium
  • Lead section, completion
    Construction of the cemetery and memorial was completed in 1962.
  • Wikipedia "Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War military cemetery in the village of Neuville-en-Condroz, near Neupre in Belgium, roughly twenty kilometers southwest of Liege, dedicated in 1960 and administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Its cemetery and memorial were designed by the firm Reinhard, Hofmeister and Walquist, with landscaping by Richard K. Webel, and its 90.5 acres hold 5,329 American graves, including 792 marked as unidentified, laid out in the form of a Greek cross intersected by paths. A bronze figure symbolizing American youth, by the sculptor C. Paul Jennewein, stands within the memorial alongside a five-meter bronze American eagle, and mosaic panels record the insignia of the major United States units that fought in the northwest European campaigns of 1944 and 1945; granite Tables of the Missing list 462 further service members whose remains were never recovered. An interior chapel carries marble wall maps and decorative panels depicting the campaigns the cemetery commemorates.
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