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Antwerp's City Hall, c. 1609–1706 In the 16th century, Antwerp became one of the busiest trading ports and most prosperous cities in Northern Europe.The municipal authorities wished to replace the city's small medieval City Hall with a more imposing structure befitting the prosperity of the great port city.
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.
Jozef Linnig made many drawings and etchings of the old quarters and monuments of Antwerp. In 1868 he published a 'Historisch album der stad Antwerpen: verzameling van gezichten en gedenkteekens van vroegere tyden' ('Historical album of the city of Antwerp: collection of views and memorials of the past') at Buschmann, Antwerp.
Antwerp District coincided with the city of Antwerp until 1958. Since the municipality and contemporary city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium was decentralized in 2000, this district level of government steadily increased its administrative powers.
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (Dutch: Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen) is an art academy located in Antwerp, Belgium. It is one of the oldest of its kind in Europe. It was founded in 1663 by David Teniers the Younger, painter to the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm and Don Juan of Austria.
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 ...
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Nationality (by citizenship) Population – 2020 (all districts) [17] Belgium 415,747 Netherlands 20,103 Morocco 11,780 Poland 8,387 Spain 6,221 Afghanistan ...