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 View of the market by wandeljp
La grand'place a une superficie de 1 hectare 25 centiares. La halle aux draps fut construite vers les années 1200 et servait de marché et de contrôle pour le commerce de draps. Le beffroi en fait partie du haut de ses 70 mètres. Le bâtiment à une longueur de 132 mètres. C'est un des plus représentatif de l'architecture Gothique en Europe. Dans l'aile est, on retrouve un bâtiment de style Renaissance mais les arches sont Gothiques. Comme la plupart des bâtiments de la ville, ici aussi la première guerre avait détruit pratiquement totalement le monument. Il fut reconstruit en style d'origine de part la volonté des habitants après la guerre.
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The Great Market is 1.25 ha . The cloth hall build around year 1200 was for marked and control place for cloth . The belfry is a part of it and is 70 meter high and is also bell tower. The frontage is 132 meter long is one of the most representative example of Gothic architecture in Europe. On the east side there is a part built in Renaissance style. The arches in front of it are Gothic. Al the buildings around where during the first world war practically totally destroy.
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 Cloth Hall by nhcram
During world war one the building was completed destroyed except for a section of the tower and a couple of the walls. The building was reconstructed after the sceond world war.
Nowadays the first floor of the cloth hall is home to the 'In Flanders Field' museum. Leave a Comment
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 Lakenhalle/Belfort- Ypres by Martinewezel
The Cloth Hall/ Belfry has been rebuilt brick by brick.
Today this monument houses the Tourist information center and the famous museum "In Flanders' Fields.
See a general view of the Grand Place with the Cloth Hall/Belfry here Leave a Comment
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 Belfry of Ieper and Carillon. by breughel
It is known from the town archives that two bells were fixed in the new belfry in 1280.
A century later there were several small bells and a large bell for the hours.
It's in 1608 that a first carillon with 21 bells was installed. There were many modifications in the latter centuries but the musical performance of the carillon was not satisfactory. Finally in 1909 a new carillon with 35 bells was installed. They didn't play for long.
On 22 November 1914 the Belfry and Lakenhallen were destroyed by the shooting of the Germans and the carillon fell down through the belfry.
A new carillon made by Michiels was installed in 1934, not without critics again about tonalities of some bells. Belgium is indeed a country with a large number of "beiaards" carillons so that we are not missing specialists and critics in this field of music.
During WW II the carillon staid safe and the bells were not stolen by the occupant. But the bronze of the bells had suffered from air pollution so that a new carillon with 49 bells was installed in 1963. That's the one with four octaves you can hear now. The musicality seems to satisfy present specialists.
There are carillon concerts on Sundays from June till September (except 1st and 2nd Sunday of August) from 15.30 h till 16.30 h. Also on Saturdays at 11 h, during the market, from April till November.
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 Cloth Hall by Dabs
Ieper was in the heart of the fighting in WWI (1914-1918) and the Cloth Hall was blown to bits, it's a testament to the determined citizens of Ieper that it was restored exactly as it was during the years following the war, the restoration finally being completed in the 1960s.
It's impossible to miss the Cloth Hall should you visit, it dominates the Grote Markt in the center of Ieper and is home to the tourist office and the In Flanders Field Museum. We were trying to get to Antwerp that day so we didn't have a lot of time but if you have some extra time to spare, you can climb up the 264 stairs to the top of the Belfry (Belfort) at the Cloth Hall for a view over the city or visit the Town Hall (Stadhuis) to see the council chambers and stained glass window, open Monday-Friday from 8:30-11:45 according to my guidebook. Leave a Comment
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 The "Lakenhal" in Ieper
is of amazing glory by Pavlik_NLLeave a Comment Directions: Marketsquare, centre of town.
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 Belfry of Ieper and tower of
the cathedral. by breughel
The "Communes" were born; they were a first step to democracy. They obtained a charter from their suzerain and were allowed to build defence walls and a defence tower called Beffroi - Belfort often attached to a city hall.
There are 56 belfries in Belgium and France on the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.
Often when approaching a city in Belgium you will see in the distance the tower of a cathedral and close that of a belfry.
In Ieper the 70 m high belfry is lower than the tower of the St-Maartens cathedral reaching a height of 100 m.
At the end of WW I both were reduced at ground level; what you see now is a patient rebuilding.
It's amazing that such a large building as the Cloth Hall (125 m long) and Belfry were build between 1260 - 1304 when Ieper counted only about 40.000 inhabitants. Thanks to its cloth industry and international trade, in competition with Gent and Brugge, the city became wealthy. England was the principal supplier of wool.
The Lakenhallen with their 48 doors was nothing else than a covered market and storage place. How amazing is the combination by our ancestors of architectural beauty and usefulness.
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The handing-over of command, on 30/09/2009, at the Logistic Battalion quartered in Ieper/Ypres was honoured by the presence of a Scottish piper. I am unaware of to which unit he belongs but his performance was perfect and particularly moving in this place where so many British and Commonwealth soldiers lost their life for the freedom of my country.
I hope that my video, not very skilful, can pay homage to them through this so poignant music.
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La remise de commandement au Bn Logistique d'Ypres fut honorée par la présence d'un joueur de cornemuse écossais. J'ignore à quelle unité il appartient mais sa prestation était parfaite et particulièrement émouvante en ces lieux ou tant de soldats britanniques et du Commonwealth laissèrent leur vie pour la liberté de mon pays.
J'espère que ma vidéo, peu habile, puisse leur rendre hommage à travers cette musique si poignante.
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 Goliath watching towards
the cathedral. by Pavlik_NL
On the first floor above the "Donkerpoort"(the tunnel underneath the Belfort) one sees the lion of Ieper, the city weapons keeper. Above the bells there are eight eagles in copper.
Most remarkable are three gold plated statues on the roofs corners of the building. A tower guard, the giant Goliath and the towns fool holding a cat in his hand (a sign belonging to Ieper past, see local customs tip). This also comes back above the door on the second floor, where the towns fool walks behind a cat's parade throwing cats left and right down from a balcony. Leave a Comment
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 The Belfort is the watch
for people without one by Pavlik_NLLeave a Comment Directions: Marketsquare, centre of town.
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