Ypres Cloth Hall

Ypres Cloth Hall - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Cloth Hall ( or ) 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 in breadth, with a -high belfry tower, it recalls the importance and wealth of the medieval trade city. Read more on Wikipedia

type: building
date from: 13th century
official website: https://web.archive.org/web/20060513092554/http://www.trabel.com/ieper/ieper-clothhall.htm|trabel.com/ieper-clothhall

Source: en.wikipedia.org