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Menin Gate
Kauwekijnstraat 1, 8900 Ieper, Belgium
Menin Gate are in the Belgian town of Ypres. This monument is dedicated to soldiers of the Entente, who died here in the battles of the First World War.
In the olden days around the town of Ypres were erected walls. Through the gate with the same name was a road to the city changes. In the ...
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Cloth Hall (Ypres)
34, Grote Markt, 8900 Ieper, Belgium
In the small town of Ypres in Belgium is a huge building Cloth Hall with 125-foot frontage. Chamber clothiers is Europe's largest Gothic structure.
The construction of the House of clothiers took more than forty years. When shopping arcade building is 70 meters from the Belfort carillon bells ...
Battle of Ypres
Ypres, Belgium
City of Ypres located in northwestern Belgium. During the events of the First World War of 1914-1918, this city was the central point through which German troops would go to important ports of Calais and Dunkirk, so around there were some fierce battles. Germany for the first time on the Western ...
Choco-Story (Brugge)
Wijnzakstraat 2 (Sint-Jansplein), 8000 Bruges, Belgium
Belgian chocolate is considered the most delicious in the world. That is why the city of Bruges in Belgium called the capital of chocolate. Every year there are holiday sweet tooth - Festival Choco-Late, during which the fountains of real chocolate is poured on the streets of the city compete in ...
Flemish Béguinages
Diksmuide, Belgium
Béguinages settlement called single women in Flanders and the Netherlands. Women represented Béguines religious movement that arose in the 12th century in Europe. Members of the communities were women who were almost monastic lifestyle. It also took wives of the Crusaders, who could ...
Het belfort van Menen
Grote Markt 1, Menen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Menen Belfort in the main square of the Flemish city Menen. Its construction was started in 1574 and lasted for several decades because of the then eighty-year war. Such long-standing structure is witnessed many historical events and proud of their city.
The building can be seen Menen Belfort ...
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