Menin Gate

<p>The Menin Gate , officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, is a <a href="/facts/War_memorial/Ex2SN1VC">war memorial</a> in <a href="/facts/Ypres/90pxxNU3">Ypres</a>, <a href="/facts/Belgium/YKuMXP5j">Belgium</a>, dedicated to the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">British</a> and <a href="/facts/Commonwealth_of_Nations/TcIRQnNq">Commonwealth</a> soldiers who were killed in the <a href="/facts/Ypres_Salient/35BjheYT">Ypres Salient</a> of <a href="/facts/World_War_I/vITTUanQ">World War I</a> and whose graves are unknown. The memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks the starting point for one of the main roads that led Allied soldiers to the front line.
</p><p>Designed by Sir <a href="/facts/Reginald_Blomfield/Mq4m41Gr">Reginald Blomfield</a> and built by the Imperial War Graves Commission (since renamed the <a href="/facts/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission/ae6y2zTA">Commonwealth War Graves Commission</a>), the Menin Gate Memorial was unveiled on 24 July 1927. In early 2023, the monument was closed for extensive restoration works, expected to be completed in time for the memorial's centenary in 2027.
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Menin Gate open-in-new

Menin Gate