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Menin Gate Memorial (to the Missing) - Ypres - Belgium - World War I - Solidiers - War graves - Memorial - European Tourist Guide - euro-t-guide.com
The Menin Gate Memorial (to the Missing) is located at one of the streeets leading into the city square. The memorial holds the name of more than 54,000 soldiers who's bodies were never recovered during the many fears battles that took place near Ypres during World War I. The site of the Menin Gate was chosen because of the hundreds of thousands of men who passed through it on their way to the battlefields. 
        
Ypres

A few of the more than 54,000 names of missing World War I soldiers written into the walls of the Menin Gate Memorial (to the Missing) in Ypres.

A few of the more than 54,000 names of missing World War I soldiers written into the walls of the Menin Gate Memorial (to the Missing) in Ypres.
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The Menin Gate Memorial (to the Missing) in Ypres seen from the "outside".

The Menin Gate Memorial (to the Missing) in Ypres seen from the "outside".
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Walk up the stairs inside the Menin Gate Memorial (to the Missing) in Ypres and you will find even more names engraved into the memorial.

Walk up the stairs inside the Menin Gate Memorial (to the Missing) in Ypres and you will find even more names engraved into the memorial.
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A small-scale model of the Menin Gate Memorial (to the Missing) in Ypres can be found it you walk up the stairs inside the memorial.

A small-scale model of the Menin Gate Memorial (to the Missing) in Ypres can be found it you walk up the stairs inside the memorial.
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Walk up the stairs inside the Menin Gate Memorial (to the Missing) in Ypres and you will find even more names engraved into the staircases of the memorial.

Walk up the stairs inside the Menin Gate Memorial (to the Missing) in Ypres and you will find even more names engraved into the staircases of the memorial.
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The Menin Gate Memorial (to the Missing) in Ypres seen from the "inside" facing towards the central square of Ypres. Notice that names are engraved almost everywhere.

The Menin Gate Memorial (to the Missing) in Ypres seen from the "inside" facing towards the central square of Ypres. Notice that names are engraved almost everywhere.
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