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Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Menin_Gate,_Ypres,_Belgium
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:monument
gptkbp:annualEvent
gptkb:Last_Post_ceremony
gptkbp:architect
gptkb:Reginald_Blomfield
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:crosses
gptkb:Ypres–Comines_canal
gptkbp:features
lion sculptures
large central arch
memorial panels
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
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:Last_Post_ceremony_since
1928
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Ypres
gptkbp:material
Portland stone
gptkbp:namedAfter
Menin road
gptkbp:nearby
gptkb:Ypres_Ramparts
gptkb:Ypres_Cloth_Hall
gptkbp:ownedBy
gptkb:Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission
gptkbp:symbolizes
sacrifice of soldiers with no known grave
gptkbp:unveiled
24 July 1927
gptkbp:WWI_battles_nearby
gptkb:Battle_of_Ypres
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Last_Post_bugle_call
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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