The Cloth Hall (Dutch: Lakenhal or Lakenhalle) 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 commercial buildings of the Middle Ages, when it served as the main market and warehouse for the Flemish city's prosperous cloth industry. At 125 metres (410 ft) in breadth, with a 70 metres (230 ft)-high belfry tower, it recalls the importance and wealth of the medieval trade city.
The hall lay in ruins after artillery fire devastated Ypres in World War I.[1] Between 1933 and 1967, it was meticulously reconstructed to its prewar condition, under the guidance of architects J. Coomans 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.[2]
^"Cloth Hall (Ypres, Begium)". Cloth Hall (Ypres, Begium) | Items | National Library of New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
^"Belfries of Belgium and France". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
The ClothHall (Dutch: Lakenhal or Lakenhalle) is a large clothhall, a medieval commercial building, in Ypres, Belgium. The original structure was erected...
Herentals [nl] Ypres: YpresClothHall Kortrijk: Great ClothHall, destroyed in 1944, now Schouwburgplein. Langemark: 1296–1344, destroyed by Ypres weavers Leuven:...
the city's French name Ypres is most commonly used in English.[citation needed] The municipality comprises the city of Ypres/Ieper and the villages of...
becomes the tallest building in the British Commonwealth (1967–1972). YpresClothHall, reconstructed to its pre-World War I condition under the guidance...
Moscow Kremlin". www.moscow.info. Retrieved 2020-05-01. "The ClothHall of the city of Ypres, Ieper in Belgium and Flanders. Flanders Fields. Lakenhalle...
medieval European examples include Bruges (Belfry of Bruges), Ypres (ClothHall, Ypres), Ghent (Belfry of Ghent). Perhaps the most famous European free-standing...
parade commemorates an Ypres tradition from the Middle Ages in which cats were allegedly thrown from the belfry tower of the ClothHall to the town square...
France during the war, which presented it, along with the ruins of the YpresClothHall and the University Library in Louvain, as evidence that German aggression...
in the upper part of the YpresClothHall, which had been left incomplete by Charles de Groux. They depicted scenes of Ypres' history from 1187 to 1383...
Court was set up in 1862. The building was designed on the model of YpresClothHall in Belgium. The Dacca High Court building was built during the early...
High Court building's design is somewhat based on the Lakenhal (ClothHall) in Ypres in Flanders, Belgium. Currently, the court has a sanctioned judge...
1302–1312 – Dome of Soltaniyeh in Ilkhanate Persia is built. 1304 YpresClothHall is completed. St John the Evangelist's Church, Newton Arlosh, England...
Ypres Salient was the site of five battles during World War I: The First Battle of Ypres (19 October – 22 November 1914), the Second Battle of Ypres (22...
allegiance to him at an assembly in Pereyaslavl. The construction of YpresClothHall, in Ypres (modern Belgium), is completed. January 9 – Hōjō Takatoki, Japanese...
Ypres was fought from 22 April – 25 May 1915 for control of the tactically important high ground to the east and south of the Flemish town of Ypres in...
L'Illustration, including the monuments destroyed by war: YpresClothHall, Reims Cathedral and Arras Town Hall. Gustave Fraipont was the father of Georges Fraipont [nl]...
the projects promoted by the government was the decoration of the YpresClothHall. Charles de Groux was among various Belgian painters such as Jan Swerts...
Aerschodt (4 November 1870 - 23 June 1943) created a carillon for the YpresClothHall in 1909, which was destroyed only 5 years later when the Germans attacked...
Cathedral as they were in 1917—and The ClothHall, Ypres, a painting of the destroyed, 600-year-old ClothHall in Ypres. Claire Atwood's On Leave documents...
present-day Belgium: "However, it is the secular architecture, the guild-halls and town halls of her prosperous commercial cities, which make Belgium unique. Their...
includes a Gothic brass numeral "1" salvaged from the clock of the ClothHall, Ypres. The memorial became a Grade II listed building in 1955. The memorial...
from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2022. "Ypres, Carillon of the ClothHall (Belgium)". War Memorial and Peace Carillons. Archived from...
and the choir of Saint Ursula's Church in Lanaken. His mural in the YpresClothHall was lost during World War I. He was a member of the Academy of Fine...
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