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Battle of Ypres
Ypres, Belgium
City of Ypres located in northwestern Belgium. During the events of the First World War of 1914-1918, this city was the central point through which German troops would go to important ports of Calais and Dunkirk, so around there were some fierce battles. Germany for the first time on the Western ...
Graslei and Korenlei
Gent, Belgium
Graslei means "Street greens and vegetables" and Kornlyay - "Wheat Street." Both streets since 1952 are historic district of the city of Ghent in Belgium.
Famous streets stretched along the shore of the old port of Ghent. In earlier times and Graslei Kornlyay were the ...
Choco-Story (Brugge)
Wijnzakstraat 2 (Sint-Jansplein), 8000 Bruges, Belgium
Belgian chocolate is considered the most delicious in the world. That is why the city of Bruges in Belgium called the capital of chocolate. Every year there are holiday sweet tooth - Festival Choco-Late, during which the fountains of real chocolate is poured on the streets of the city compete in ...
Stadhuis en belfort van Lier
Grote Markt 20-21, 2500 Lier, Belgium
Town Hall Lier in the province of Antwerp, is one of the few public buildings that were built in the rococo style of Brabant.
In the 14th century city hall chamber was clothiers. There was trading cloth that is quite profitable for the city. A little later, near the Cloth Hall was located city ...
Royal Museum of Fine Arts (Antwerp)
Leopold de Waelplaats, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
Museum of Fine Arts is located in Antwerp, the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the 19th century. Was created through the efforts of the old painters' guild of Antwerp, which was formed back in 1382. In the course of history museum has repeatedly been ruin, but despite this, yet many unique works ...
Antwerp City Hall
Grote Markt 1, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
City Hall in Antwerp is a major monument of architecture of the Belgian city. The building was erected in 1561 - 1565 years in the Dutch Renaissance style. Cloister first floor is lined with stones, and the following three are the galleries. Facade of the town hall is decorated with a statue of the ...
Antwerpen-Centraal railway station
Koning Astrid Plein, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
Antwerp Central is not only the main railway station of the city, but also a very popular attraction.
Modern station building was built in the early 20th century in an eclectic style, with a dome 75 meters high. The interior is decorated with twenty station marbles. Inner beauty is often compared ...
Donkmeer
Donkmeer, Berlare, Belgium
Donk lake situated in the Belgian municipality of Berlare. Waters surrounds thirty acres of the reserve. Several centuries ago on the present lake was marshy land, until there was not organized peat. In the early 20th century, the lake began to acquire fame thanks to the beauty of nature.
Today ...
Princes Park (Retie)
2470 Retie, Antwerp, Belgium
The small town of Reti in the province of Antwerp about three hundred years ago was just a swampy terrain where sheep grazed. In 1854, Belgium's King Leopold I acquired in these places, several hundred acres of land to create a park and palace construction. Castle of natural landshavtov was never ...
Flemish Béguinages
Diksmuide, Belgium
Béguinages settlement called single women in Flanders and the Netherlands. Women represented Béguines religious movement that arose in the 12th century in Europe. Members of the communities were women who were almost monastic lifestyle. It also took wives of the Crusaders, who could ...
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