Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium

Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium

Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium

History: The Menin Gate (Dutch: Menenpoort), 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. Here is an article about the Memorial on the Veterans Affairs Canada website. Here is an article from Wikipedia.
Location: Menenpoort, Menenstraat, Ypres, Belgium
GPS: 50.852108819176316, 2.891121867936898


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