Menin Gate

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monument
gptkbp:annualEvent gptkb:Last_Post_ceremony
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Reginald_Blomfield
gptkbp:built 1923-1927
gptkbp:category gptkb:monument
tourist attraction in Ypres
gptkbp:commemorates missing British and Commonwealth soldiers of World War I
gptkbp:contains names of over 54,000 soldiers
gptkbp:country gptkb:Belgium
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Meenseweg_(Menin_Road)
gptkbp:dedicatedTo soldiers with no known grave
gptkbp:features lion sculptures
large central arch
memorial panels
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Menin Gate
gptkbp:inscription To the Armies of the British Empire who stood here from 1914 to 1918 and to those of their dead who have no known grave
gptkbp:latitude 50.8525
gptkbp:location gptkb:Ypres
gptkbp:longitude 2.8911
gptkbp:maintainedBy gptkb:Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission
gptkbp:material gptkb:stone
gptkbp:nearby gptkb:Ypres_Ramparts
gptkb:Ypres_Cloth_Hall
gptkbp:notableEvent Last Post sounded every evening since 1928 (except during WWII)
gptkbp:style classical architecture
gptkbp:unveiled 24 July 1927
gptkbp:WWIFront gptkb:Ypres_Salient
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:monument
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4