Ypres Cloth Hall
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The Cloth Hall is a large cloth hall, a medieval commercial building, in Ypres, Belgium. The original structure was erected mainly between 1200 and 1304, in the Gothic style. It was one of the largest
Ypres Cloth Hall seen from the Grote Markt
The Cloth Hall c. 1860, showing the original medieval building
Aerial view during World War I. The destruction is not over at this point.
The Cloth Hall in ruins, 22 November 1916
The Belfries of Belgium and France are a group of 56 historical buildings designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites, in recognition of the civic belfries serving as an architectural manifestation o
Ypres Cloth Hall
…and P. A. Pauwels. The building now houses the In Flanders Fields Museum. In 1999, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Belfries of Belgium and France site, in recognition of their unique architecture, role in the advancement of civil liberties, and their civic, not religious, influence. The original…
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