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Votes:0 Ghent, Belgium About visitors since 5/1/95 Ghent Ghent (Gent in flemish, Gand in french) is the main city of East-Flanders,
one of the 4 (5?) provinces that make up Flanders. And my home town, which is why it's in here :-) (105K) Ghent by night A beautiful picture of the "three towers of ghent", probably one of the most
photographed views of the city. From left to right you see: At the far left: corner of the Post Office, built in 1910 in neo-gothic
style. The Saint Nicholas Church, built 12th-14th century in pure Schelde-gothic
style. A marvelous church with a troubled past: the original church built
around 1050 was destroyed in two subsequent fires in the 12th century, the
newly erected church threatened to collapse in the 14th century and needed
reinforcement, used as a horse stable dur Read More Go to Site
Votes:0 Table of Contents | Quick Index: | Prehistoric | Roman | Romanesque | Gothic | 15th century | 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | American Architecture | Architecture links | Fine Arts department home page Architecture in Belgium - Castles See also: | Steen, Antwerp | Gravensteen, Ghent. P hotos and text by J. Howe Castles: Beersel, near Brussels, 14th c. Beersel Beersel Just outside Brussels, the castle at Beersel is an empty shell, but no less evocative of the violent era of its origins. It is surrounded by a moat, with a triangular shape and large defensive towers at each corner. The origins of the castle date to the twelfth century, although most of it was built in the fourteenth century. In 1300 the castle became the property of Godefroid de Hell Read More Go to Site
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