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National Miners Monument

Where? Rue de la Forêt, L-3620 Kayl

Remembering the miners of Luxembourg.

The monument, the construction of which was completed in 1957, commemorates the mining victims and honors the miners to whom the country owed its wealth at the beginning of the 20th century. Since 1978 it has been the national monument to all miners, with name plaques remembering the miners that perished


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Address: Visit Minett
Rue de la Forêt
L-3620 Kayl
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