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Antwerp (/ ˈ æ n t w ɜːr p / ⓘ; Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)] ⓘ; French: Anvers ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province , and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at 208.22 km 2 (80.39 sq mi), after Tournai and Couvin .
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The Grote Markt (Dutch: [ˌɣroːtə ˈmɑr(ə)kt] ⓘ; "Big Market") is the central square of Antwerp, Belgium, situated in the heart of the old city quarter.It is surrounded by the city's Renaissance Town Hall, as well as numerous guildhalls with elaborate façades, the majority of which are reconstructions from the 19th and early 20th century, approximating paintings of the square by ...
This 1897 map clearly shows the state of dock development at the end of the 19th century. The docks on the south side of the city (at bottom) were filled in during the 1970s. Antwerp's potential as a seaport was recognized by Napoleon Bonaparte; he ordered the construction of Antwerp's first lock and dock in 1811. Called the Bonaparte Dock, it ...
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Deurne consisted mainly of sparsely populated farmland. However, as a direct result of the increasing wealth of the Antwerp population, many aristocratic estates were erected (the so-called "Hof van Plaisantie" was a specific rural estate, a bourgeois version of a château or country house).
The European route E 313 is a road in Europe and a part of the United Nations International E-road network.Approximately 112 kilometers (70 mi) long, it connects the Belgian port city of Antwerp to Liège, [1] the commercial and industrial centre of Wallonia.
The Groenplaats (Green Square) is a large square in the center of the Belgian city of Antwerp, situated south of the Antwerp cathedral. There are various trees with benches on the square, which is a 'resting place'. A statue of Rubens, designed in 1840 and erected in 1843 by Willem Geefs, is in the center of the square.