Menin Gate
Memorial Site
Dit is het bekendste Britse oorlogsmonument uit W.O.I, in klassieke stijl gebouwd naar de ontwerpen van Sir Reginald Blomfield. Deze poort draagt de namen van 54.896 vermiste soldaten. Elke avond wordt om 20 uur de 'Last Post' (Engelse avondsonnerie) geblazen.
- Endereço
- Meensestraat 8900 Ypres Belgium
- Telefone
- +32 57 48 66 10
- X (Twitter)
- https://twitter.com/lastpostieper
- https://facebook.com/lastpostieper
The Menin Gate, officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown. The memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks the starting point for one of the main roads that led Allied soldiers to the front line. (Wikipedia)
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