Cloth Hall of Ypres
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The Cloth Hall of Ypres is a monumental medieval commercial building in Belgium that served as a major center of the cloth trade and now stands as a symbol of the city’s historical prosperity and wartime reconstruction.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ypres Cloth Hall | 2 |
| Belfry of Ypres | 1 |
| Cloth Hall of Ypres canonical | 1 |
| Cloth Hall, Ypres | 1 |
| Lakenhalle van Ieper | 1 |
| Ypres Cloth Hall tower complex | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cloth hall
ⓘ
historic building ⓘ medieval commercial building ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cloth Hall of Ypres
ⓘ
surface form:
Lakenhalle van Ieper
Cloth Hall of Ypres ⓘ
surface form:
Ypres Cloth Hall
|
| architecturalStyle | Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 14th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 13th century ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| currentUse |
In Flanders Fields Museum location
ⓘ
museum building ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arcaded ground floor
ⓘ
central tower ⓘ gabled roofs ⓘ ornamental turrets ⓘ |
| hasPart |
St. Martin’s Cathedral (adjacent complex)
ⓘ
belfry of Ypres ⓘ |
| height | approximately 70 metres (belfry) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| languageOfSurroundingRegion | Dutch ⓘ |
| length | approximately 125 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Flanders
ⓘ
Flemish Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Grote Markt of Ypres ⓘ West Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInContinent | Europe ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| near | Menin Gate ⓘ |
| originalFunction |
cloth market
ⓘ
trading hall ⓘ warehouse for cloth ⓘ |
| partOf | Belfries of Belgium and France ⓘ |
| reconstructionPeriod |
1920s
ⓘ
1930s ⓘ |
| reconstructionStyle | neo-Gothic ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
destroyed during World War I
ⓘ
rebuilt after World War I ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Ypres
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
medieval prosperity of Ypres ⓘ wartime destruction and reconstruction ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civic ceremonies
ⓘ
commemoration of World War I ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Belfry of Ypres
this entity surface form:
Ypres Cloth Hall
this entity surface form:
Cloth Hall, Ypres
this entity surface form:
Ypres Cloth Hall tower complex
this entity surface form:
Lakenhalle van Ieper
this entity surface form:
Ypres Cloth Hall