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 7