- Address: Menenstraat, 8900 Ieper, Belgium
- Phone: +32 57 23 92 20
- Opening: July 24, 1927
- Architect: Reginald Bloomfield
- Working time: 24 hours
During the First World War in the Belgian city of Ypres, three major battles took place, as a result of which tens of thousands of soldiers were killed. Therefore, it was here that the Memorial of the Menena Gate was built, on which the names of fallen soldiers were engraved.
Features of the monument
The project of the Menena Gate in Belgium was run by the famous architect Reginald Bloomfield. It was he who in 1921 decided to build a gate in the form of an arch. The decoration was to be a lion - a symbol of Great Britain and Flanders. According to the project, the facade and internal walls of the arch were to be decorated with nameplates of all the dead soldiers and officers. At that time, there were about 50 thousand names, so some of them were decided to place on other monuments. At the moment, on the walls of the Meninsky Gate, 34984 names of soldiers who fell or went missing in Ypres during the First World War were knocked out.
During the opening ceremony of the monument, the march "Way far to Tipperary" sounded. Since then, every day at 8 pm to the Menena gate comes a musician from the local fire department, who performs this march on the trumpet. Resting in the Belgian city of Ypres, do not miss the opportunity to listen to the magic sounds of the pipe and thereby pay tribute to the memory of the fallen soldiers.
How to get there?
The Menena Gate in Belgium is a kind of bridge that connects the two banks of the river Kasteelgracht. They are also part of the Menenstraat Street. The nearest stops are Ieper Markt and Ieper Bascule, which can be reached by bus routes 50, 70, 71, 94. You can also reach the gates by excursion bus, taxi or on foot.
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