New temporary exhibition: Reflection points - War dead in the grounds of Zonnebeke Chateau
Commemoration Carabiniers - Grenadiers
Passchendaele Ceremony with torch parade
Lecture Attila Szalazy-Berzeviczy
Armistisce Day
From 1 May 2023 until 19 November 2023.
In 1917 hundreds of soldiers died in the grounds of Zonnebeke Chateau. Most were buried where they fell.
After the war, each body that was moved to a Commonwealth Cemetery had the coordinates recorded of...
On September the 28th, the final offensive started that ended World War I. That day, the Belgian army, under the command of King Albert I, together with the French and British, attacked the Germans on the ridge near Ypres. After heavy fighting, the Belgian...
10 November 1917 marks the day that Canadian troops ended the Battle of Passchendaele by capturing the ruins of the village.
On 10 November 2023 the ‘Passchendaele Ceremony’ commemorates the end of the battle of Passchendaele and all casualties. The...
Friday 10 November 2023
On 10 November 2023, we will host a lecture by Hungarian writer Attila Szalazy-Berzeviczy at the church of Passchendaele. The Battle of Passchendaele is covered in his book 'In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great War' in...
Date: Saturday 11 November, 2023
Armistice Day is commemorated in Zonnebeke with several ceremonies.
More info to follow.