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- The Menin Gate (Dutch: Menenpoort), officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium...
- Each night at 8 pm the traffic is stopped at the Menin Gate while members of the local Fire Brigade sound the Last Post in the roadway under the Memorial's arches.
- Website: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Menin Gate Memorial Restoration Work https://www.cwgc.org/our-work/menin-gate-memorial/.
- Our information centre in close to the Menin Gate has all the practical information you need when visiting the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and surrounding area.
- This was because Katrien and Steven who run B&B La Porte Cochère in Ypres recently sent me some fascinating photos of the construction of the Menin Gate.
- Menin Gate is one of the most important First World War sites in Ypres and has a daily memorial ceremony at 8pm known as the Last Post Ceremony.
- The Menin Gate Memorial is designed in the form of a arched gateway with two towers on either side. It was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and unveiled in 1927.
- In 1927, the Menin Gate was opened at the eastern exit of the town. ... Thousands of soldiers entered the town through the Menin Gate.
- In medieval times, the original narrow gateway on the eastern side of the city of Ypres was called the Hangoartpoort, "poort" being the Dutch word for gate.
- The triumphal arch that now stands at Menin Gate was designed by British architect Reginald Blomfield in 1921. The barrel-vaulted main passage for traffic...
