Close-up of one of the two lions in front of the Menin Gate guarding the entrance to the city of Ypres, Belgium

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Since the First World War, the lions had no longer been seen in the streetscape of Ieper. In 2018, two replicas of the original lions were returned to the Menin Gate to once again guard the entrance to the city. The original lions remain in Australia, where they stand in a place of honour at the gates of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

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Size: 3840px × 5760px
Location: Menin Gate, Menenstraat, 8900 Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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