Why is there a street with a date as a name in Belgium?
On google maps, in Bruges Belgium one can see a street named '18 Oktoberstraat'. What is the significance of this date?
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There's actually a page online confirming what's in the comments:
(translating what Google claims is Dutch, but may well be Flemish, we get:)
18th October Street
18 October Street or XVIII October Street is a reference to the time when the territory from the hands of the Germans fell in 1918.
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