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Exterior of Eisenmann Synagogue. The Eisenmann Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 30 Oostenstraat, in Antwerp, Belgium. [1] Established as a congregation by Jacob Eisenmann in 1905 [2] the synagogue was completed in 1907.
Zonnebloem (Sunflower) House) on the Cogels Osylei, Antwerp, designed by Jules Hofman and built in 1900. Unlike the other major Belgian metropolitan areas such as Brussels or Liège, where Art Nouveau flourished in numerous different parts of the city, Antwerp's Art Nouveau buildings are largely concentrated within a single quarter, Zurenborg, which is a suburban part of the city located about ...
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 ...
The Royal Exchange in London was modelled on the Antwerp bourse. [2] The bourse has been described as "the mother of all stock exchanges". [3] The commodity exchange fell into disuse in the 17th century, following the Fall of Antwerp (1584–1585), when Amsterdam replaced Antwerp as the Low Countries' main trading centre.
The Zuid (Dutch for "South") is a southern neighborhood in the city center of Antwerp, abutting the Scheldt River.The Zuid had a revival in the mid-1980s and is now composed of buildings in the Art Nouveau and Modern architecture styles.
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (Dutch: Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen; KMSKA) is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1810, that houses a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries.
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'.