During World War I, this site near the Ypres Salient front line served as a French medical dressing station, with burials in the adjacent garden. Restored and expanded after the war, Saint-Charles de Potyze now holds 4,209 French graves, including 762 unidentified and 616 within a mass grave. Designated a protected monument in 2008, it achieved UNESCO World Heritage status in 2023.
The Ypres tourism office and Westtoer (West Flanders) are responsible for the promotion.
In Flanders Fields Museum
Grote Markt 34
BE–8900 Ieper
http://www.inflandersfields.be
