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Tuesday, 7 January 2025

Ghent: The waterways and buildings

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We began our exploration beside the River Lys, admiring the impressive sequence of former guild Houses stretching out along Graslei. The 6th...
Sunday, 18 June 2023

Antwerp: The Royal Museum of Fine Arts

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..                                                     The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp The Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke which was a...
Wednesday, 24 May 2023

Ghent: Art nouveau

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  Our first encounter with Art Nouveau in Ghent was the building above facing St Michael's Church. We had just arrived and were on our w...
Friday, 19 May 2023

Ghent: The last almshouse

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    We were strolling along Kraanlei when we came upon the House of Alijn. It is located in the historic heart of Ghent, near the Vrijdagma...
Monday, 15 May 2023

Ghent: Gravensteen (The castle of the Counts)

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  We enjoyed our walk around the Castle, but we found it difficult to work out how the various parts related to each other. It is much easie...
Sunday, 14 May 2023

Villa Cavrois: An Art Deco masterpiece

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  Paul Cavrois was a textile industrialist from northern France who owned modern factories for spinning, weaving and dyeing cotton and wool....
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