Flanders: A Cultural HistorySignal Books, 2007 - 296 sider Famous for its cemeteries and monuments, Flanders has witnessed war and bloodshed on a colossal scale. Divided between Belgium, the Netherlands and France, this low-lying expanse of land has also known religious conflict and linguistic division. But Flanders also has another history, one of wealth and artistic creativity. An autonomous region under the Counts of Flanders, it became a medieval trading powerhouse, famed for its cloth industry. Great cities commemorate this period of plenty, while churches and abbeys testify to the power of Christian faith. |
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... built between 1376 and 1421 and substantially restored in 1887 by Louis Delancenserie . The pendants with small wooden sculptures hanging from the ribbed wooden ceiling are partly original and partly nineteenth - century . These are no ...
... built between 1376 and 1421 and substantially restored in 1887 by Louis Delancenserie . The pendants with small wooden sculptures hanging from the ribbed wooden ceiling are partly original and partly nineteenth - century . These are no ...
Side 155
... built in the form of the Menin Gate , a massive archway covering the start of the Menin Road ( Meensestraat ) along which many soldiers marched to their deaths . The gate has inscribed on it the names of 55,000 Allied soldiers whose ...
... built in the form of the Menin Gate , a massive archway covering the start of the Menin Road ( Meensestraat ) along which many soldiers marched to their deaths . The gate has inscribed on it the names of 55,000 Allied soldiers whose ...
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... built a large house in the village of Jabbeke , now close to a motorway and the Ostend - Bruges railway line . The house , built in 1923 , is nothing more than a rectangular box with a vast painter's studio . To complete the effect of ...
... built a large house in the village of Jabbeke , now close to a motorway and the Ostend - Bruges railway line . The house , built in 1923 , is nothing more than a rectangular box with a vast painter's studio . To complete the effect of ...
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Aalst Antwerp artists Battle Bavo became beer Beiaard Belfort Belgian Belgium border born British Brueghel the Elder Bruges Brussels building built café called carillon carnival Cathedral Catholic centre chapel Charles church Claus Count of Flanders dialect Dunkirk Dutch language Dutch-speaking East Flanders English Ensor Eyck film Flemish culture Flemish Movement Flemish Region France French Flanders French-speaking Gaye German Gezelle Ghelderode Ghent Gothic Guild Holy Hulst Impressionists King known landscape Latem Leie Leuven Limburg lived Maeterlinck Malpertuis Mechelen medieval movement Museum nearby Netherlands novel original Ostend Oudenaarde painter paintings Pieter Brueghel poet popular Protestant region Reinaert River Rodenbach Roman Rubens Scheldt Second World Sint Sint-Martens-Latem sixteenth century Spanish started statue story street Streuvels style Symbolist theatre took tourist tower Town Hall traditional translated village Vlaams Brabant Vlaanderen Wallonia Walloons West Flanders West Flemish Willem writer wrote Ypres