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Ypres Ramparts and Moats

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Ypres Ramparts and Moats

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Location: Ypres, Ieper, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Menin Gate Memorial – Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) loop from Ypres

8.81km

02:14

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2. Zillebekevijver – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Ieper

13.4km

03:24

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3. The Bluff Memorial and Crater – Vredesbos (Peace Forest) Ieper loop from Ypres

16.0km

04:07

70m

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David Howells

October 24, 2020

The fortress route reveals the most beautiful places on the ramparts around the whole outskirts of the city, from high up on the ramparts to low down along the beautiful moats. The route also explores the vanished fortresses in the north and north-west of the city.

🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

September 18, 2022

The fortresses of Ypres are the best preserved in our country. However, they have had a turbulent history.

Their story begins ten centuries ago, when the city was founded on the Ieperlee. Moats and earthen walls protected the citizens of the prosperous city. The city fortifications reached their first peak around 1390 with high walls and sturdy corner towers. Over the centuries, fortifications were adapted to cope with increasingly powerful weapons.

Around 1680, the famous French engineer Vauban converted the fortress into a huge complex with fortifications and bastions. Ypres defended the border of the then states and was a buffer that had to absorb many clashes between European royal houses. Each left its mark on the current fortified landscape, the green belt around the city center. Many fortifications have been more or less preserved or restored.

Source: tourismieper.be/vestingenhistorie

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Nancy

December 10, 2020

Ypres fortresses beautiful nature

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Location: Ypres, Ieper, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

Ypres Ramparts and Moats

1. Menin Gate Memorial – Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) loop from Ypres

2. Zillebekevijver – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Ieper

3. The Bluff Memorial and Crater – Vredesbos (Peace Forest) Ieper loop from Ypres

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