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It was used as a court and prison until the 18th century. From 1353 to 1491, it was the site of Ghent's mint. Private buildings were constructed on or around the Medieval remains. Ghent emerged as a major centre for textile manufacturing during the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century and the Gravensteen was converted into a cotton mill ...
The Belfry of Ghent (Dutch: Belfort van Gent) is one of three medieval towers that overlook the old city centre of Ghent, Belgium; the other two belonging to Saint Bavo Cathedral and Saint Nicholas' Church. Its height of 91 metres (299 ft) makes it the tallest belfry in Belgium. [1]
Ghent (Dutch: Gent ⓘ; French: Gand ⓘ; historically known as Gaunt in English) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.It is the capital and largest city of the province of East Flanders, and the third largest in the country, after Brussels and Antwerp. [2]
The twelve interior panels. This open view measures 5.2 m × 3.75 m (17.1 ft × 12.3 ft). [1] Closed view, back panels. The Ghent Altarpiece, also called the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (Dutch: De aanbidding van het Lam Gods), [A] is a very large and complex 15th-century polyptych altarpiece in St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium.
Saint Bavo, patron saint of Ghent (589–654) Jan Boeksent, Franciscan Sculptor. Hubert van Eyck, painter (c. 1366 – 1426) Jan van Eyck, painter (c. 1385 – 1441) Joos van Wassenhove, painter (c. 1410 – c. 1480) Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy married in Ghent in 1477; William Damasus Lindanus, Bishop of Ghent (1525–1588)
The City Hall (Dutch: Stadhuis ⓘ) of Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, is a four-sided complex surrounded by the Botermarkt, the Hoogpoort, the Stadhuissteeg and the Poeljemarkt. The main wings are the late-Gothic alderman's house of De Keure and the alderman's house of Gedele in the Renaissance style.
Saint Bavo's Cathedral, also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral (Dutch: Sint Baafskathedraal), is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Ghent, Belgium.The 89-metre-tall (292 ft) Gothic building is the seat of the Diocese of Ghent and is named for Saint Bavo of Ghent.
St. Nicholas Church (Dutch: Sint-Niklaaskerk) is a Roman Catholic church, as well as one of the oldest and most prominent landmarks in Ghent, Belgium. Begun in the early 13th century as a replacement for an earlier Romanesque church, construction continued through the rest of the century in the local Scheldt Gothic style (named after the nearby ...