Ypres

From World travel guide

Ypres (French and best known as such in English; official Flemish usage is Ieper) is a city in the Flanders region of Belgium, best known as the site of three major battles in the First World War, the most famous being the Battle of Passchendaele from July - November 1916. The many memorials and cemeteries of the fallen draw thousands of pilgrims each year. Population 36,000 (2005).

1 Understand
2 Get in
3 Get around
4 See
- 4.1 Landmarks and Memorials
- 4.2 Museums and Galleries
5 Do
6 Eat
7 Sleep
8 Cope
9 Read
10 External links

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Landmarks and Memorials

the Menin Gate Memorial - dedicated on 24 July 1927 as a memorial to the missing British and Commonwealth soldiers who fell in the Battle of Passchendaele
the Cloth Hall - originally built around 1200 as a centre of Flemish wealth, completely destroyed by German artillery shelling in 1916, the Cloth Hall was rebuilt, the project completing in 1962 and the symbol of a resurgent city. Contains the In Flanders Fields Museum (see below).

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Museums and Galleries

In Flanders Fields Museum [1], Ypres Cloth Hall, open daily April - September 10am-6pm, open Tu-Su October - March 10am-5pm, last entry 1 hr before closing, admission adults €7.50, children 7-15 yrs €3.50

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