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Ramparts: Walk the Ramparts
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    • nhcram
  • By nhcram on February 17, 2008
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    • view from the Ramparts - Ieper
    view from the Ramparts
    by nhcram
    The ramparts of Ieper are the best preserved in Belgium. There is a signposted route of about 2 1/2 km and takes approximately 90 minutes. Along the way there are information panels to tell you about the various landmarks you encounter on the walk. A walking tour of the ramparts can be obtained free of charge from the tourist information office.

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    Ramparts: Exporing the Ramparts...
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    • Greggor58
  • Updated By Greggor58 on April 24, 2009
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    • The Ramparts,Ieper,West Flanders,Belgium. - Ieper
    The Ramparts,Ieper,West
    Flanders,Belgium.
    by Greggor58, 1 more photos
    Walking along the top of the Ramparts is really like a stroll through a park...the trees are tall....the grass is green and lush...the moat lies to the one side as you walk...beautiful trees are everywhere...

    Again its so hard to imagine what it would have looked like when the Australians were dug in here in below ground shelters..During World War I shelters were dug into the ramparts to house large numbers of resting soldiers and other rear line units...Australian divisions often temporarily had their headquarters in the Ramparts when their infantry, artillery and other support units were in the front line.

    The Ramparts are of historical significance beyond the First World War in that the oldest part of the ramparts still surviving is near the Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) which dates from 1385.

    The present rampart structure is the work of French fortress expert Vauban who was given the task by King Louis XIV in 1678 to strengthen the defences of the city.The ramparts were initially built from 1100 onwards and have undergone modifications many times...

    The Ramparts Cemetery is also here....close to the Lille Gate...a beautiful setting...

    More information about possible walks in this area can be found in the leaflet 'the Ramparts Route'. Get it at the Information Center in the Lakenhalle.

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    Ramparts: Ieper, the invincible fortress of Vauban
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  • By Pavlik_NL on February 20, 2004
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    • Protection against war ... if only they knew then - Ieper
    Protection against war ... if
    only they knew then
    by Pavlik_NL
    French architect Vauban planned the enormous works to make from Ieper a giant fortress in the North of his country. Louis the 14th ordered him to secure the Northern freshly won areas and the fortifications of the bastion were started with a nine meter high wall with five pointy strongholds sticking out into the open land surrounding Ieper. A canal in which some islands was another obstakle the enemy had to win. Behind the walls there was a artificial hill created that lay against it and contained kilometers long tunnels. So called casemats. Here were rooms for the defensive force.

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    Ramparts: On the bastion walls (further still)
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  • By Pavlik_NL on February 20, 2004
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    • Like turned to stone, two animal figures - Ieper
    Like turned to stone, two
    animal figures
    by Pavlik_NL
    On the largest outpost (point sticking out from the bastion walls) there is a strange sculpture on the grass. It is vagely recognised as being two figures that are talking to one another and it seems to be that they are Reynaerd (the fox) and Tybeert (the cat). These animals figures are from one of the oldest literary works in Europe, the Dutch lingual "Van den Vos Reynaerde" = about the foc Renard). In a stone near the statue is a part of the fable inscribed.

    "Tes hi quam te Malpertus
    ende van't Reynaerde in zijn huus
    Alleene staen verweendelike
    Tybeert sprac: God die Rike
    moete u goeden avont geven
    Die coninc dreecht u aan uw leve ni
    ne comdi niet te hove met mi"

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    Ramparts: The ramparts
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  • By Martinewezel on January 30, 2005
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    • Ypres- the remparts - Ieper
    Ypres- the remparts
    by Martinewezel
    It probably was too cold at that moment (Januray), otherwise I would have enjoyed the walk.
    During Winter the remparts make a bit a sorry sight, but in Summer, when the trees have leaves, I am sure it must be a very pleasant walk.

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  • Directions: We started at the Menin Gate, but there are stairs all around to access at the remparts
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    Ramparts: On the bastions walls
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  • By Pavlik_NL on February 20, 2004
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    • Far away in strange land they went into next life - Ieper
    Far away in strange land they
    went into next life
    by Pavlik_NL
    When we walk the path over the bastionwalls we will see some remarkable things. It starts already close at the Menin Gate, where a white square stone shows strange signs on the side of the path. They other side however gives the translation in which it becomes clear that it remembers the Indian soldiers that fell in the first world war. With British Expeditionary Force they too came as part of the Commonwealth.

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    Ramparts: Dutch fortifications on the fortress
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  • By Pavlik_NL on February 20, 2004
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    • Wonderful views along the bastion walls - Ieper
    Wonderful views along the
    bastion walls
    by Pavlik_NL
    After Napoleon was defeated permanently in Waterloo, the Lowlands were unified in one strong country North of France (an attempt to prevent another easy growth in power of this country). King Willem I started to modernise Ieper's defensive fortress again in an attempt to give the people a feeling of safety and importance. Soon the Belgians however were not satisfied with Dutch rule and the split was swift and sudden. For the firts in history, Belgium came on the European map as an independant state.

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    Ramparts: The fortress didn't fell
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  • By Pavlik_NL on February 20, 2004
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    • Invincible ... no ... but lasting .... yes - Ieper
    Invincible ... no ... but
    lasting .... yes
    by Pavlik_NL
    After the horror in Ieper, the fortress shapes were still significantly present in the landscape of the West Corner in Flanders. All the rest was destroyed, but the fortress held, as well as the British Saillant did during the many attacks of the Germans. Now the fortress shapes and walls form a surrounding green park that offer a beautiful walk over a higher ground. At the Menin Gate we therefor will go up the stairs reading the names still and then start walking over the bastion. On the right hand Ieper's towers rise in the air. Saint Jacob's most close, as well as little later Saint Peter's. Little further the Belfort and the Cathedral.

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    Ramparts: On the Bastion walls (a little further)
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  • By Pavlik_NL on February 20, 2004
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    • What's hidden behind this mysterious door? - Ieper
    What's hidden behind this
    mysterious door?
    by Pavlik_NL
    Into the ground that lays against the bastion wall, mirroring into the defensive canal water, there are some stairs. These are entrances to the casemats, the tunnels and rooms that were build in the fortress to house the soldiers and make swift undetected moves of men possible. There is also a door that we pass along our walk. This is the one leading to the ice cellar. A deep place that was filled in winter's time with the ice from the canal. Deep underground this kept the place cool well into summer. A perfect fridge to keep food good for longer periods.

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    Ramparts: The Ieper ramparts
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  • By pieter_jan_v on May 4, 2007
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    • Ieper Ramparts - Ieper
    Ieper Ramparts
    by pieter_jan_v, 2 more photos
    The old walls around the city are great for a walk with a view.

    These walls are amazingly wide at some locations, just because some of the old storage room and living quarters are underneath.

    They were build in the Louis the 14th time when Ieper became a Northern French bastion.

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  • Directions: Around the old city
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