Menin Gate

Summary

Menin Gate is a war memorial^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of war_memorial entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (281 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Menin Gate is the creator of William Reid Dick^[3].
• Menin Gate is located in Ypres^[4].
• Menin Gate is in the country of Belgium^[5].
• Menin Gate's image is recorded as Menenpoort ieper.jpg^[6].
• Menin Gate's instance of is recorded as war memorial^[7].
• Menin Gate's instance of is recorded as city gate^[8].
• Menin Gate's instance of is recorded as Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained memorial^[9].
• Menin Gate's architect is recorded as Reginald Blomfield^[10].
• Menen is named after Menin Gate^[11].
• Menin Gate's made from material is recorded as Portland limestone^[12].
• Menin Gate's made from material is recorded as natural stone^[13].
• Menin Gate's part of is recorded as Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)^[14].
• Menin Gate's Commons category is recorded as Menin Gate^[15].
• Menin Gate's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2458288^[16].
• Menin Gate's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20023498^[17].
• Menin Gate's commemorates is recorded as killed in action^[18].
• Menin Gate's commemorates is recorded as British Army during World War I^[19].
• Menin Gate's commemorates is recorded as World War I^[20].
• +1927-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Menin Gate^[21].
• Menin Gate's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.852053275367844, 'lon': 2.8910704098875475}^[22].
• Menin Gate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01kjbf^[23].
• Menin Gate's heritage designation is recorded as beschermd monument^[24].
• Menin Gate's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site^[25].
• Menin Gate's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2791342^[26].
• Menin Gate's date of official opening is recorded as +1927-07-24T00:00:00Z^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Menin Gate is the creator of William Reid Dick^[3].

Why It Matters

Menin Gate ranks in the top 1% of war_memorial entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (281 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]