Menin Gate
The Menin Gate, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: war memorial in Ypres, Belgium
- Also known as: “Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing” and “Petite de Menin”
Photo: MJJR, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Menin Road South Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery and In Flanders Fields Museum.
Menin Road South Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Cemetery
Menin Road South Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres, on the Western Front.
In Flanders Fields Museum
Museum
Photo: MJJR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The In Flanders Fields Museum is a museum in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the study of the First World War. It occupies the second floor of the Cloth Hall on the market square in the city centre.
Saint Martin’s Church
Church
St Martin's Church, also called St Martin's Cathedral, is a church and former cathedral in the Belgian city of Ypres. It was a cathedral and the seat of the former diocese of Ypres from 1561 to 1801, and is still commonly referred to as such.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zillebeke and Voormezele.
Zillebeke
Village
Photo: AndyMalengier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zillebeke is a village in the Flemish province of West Flanders in Belgium. It is a former municipality which is now part of Ypres.
Voormezele
Village
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Voormezele is a village, which is situated 4 km southwest of Menin Gate.
Sint-Elooi
Hamlet
Sint-Elooi is a small village, about 5 km south of Ypres in the Flemish province of West Flanders in Belgium. The former municipality is now part of Ypres. Sint-Elooi is situated 4½ km south of Menin Gate.
Menin Gate
- Categories: war memorial, city gate, and Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained memorial
- Location: Ypres, Arrondissement of Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Menin Gate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوابة مينين”
- Chinese: “梅嫩門”
- Chinese: “梅嫩门”
- Danish: “Menin-porten”
- Dutch: “Menenpoort”
- Dutch: “Menensepoort”
- French: “porte de Menin”
- French: “Porte de Menin”
- German: “Menenpoort”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת איפר”
- Hungarian: “Menin Gate-emlékhely”
- Japanese: “メニン・ゲート”
- Japanese: “メニン門”
- Latin: “Porta Meninensis”
- Malay: “Pintu Pagar Menin”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Menin Gate”
- Norwegian: “Menin Gate”
- Portuguese: “Porta de Menin”
- Russian: “Мененские ворота”
- Spanish: “Puerta de Menin”
- Ukrainian: “Мененські ворота”
- Vlaams: “Menepoorte”
- Welsh: “Clwyd Menin”
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