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Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station ( Dutch: Station Gent-Sint-Pieters, French: Gare de Gand-Saint-Pierre) [a] is the main railway station in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, and the fourth-busiest in Belgium and busiest in Flanders, with 17.65 million passengers a year. [1] The station is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS ...
Third colours. Current season. Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə ˌʔɑtləˈtik ˌɑsoːˈʃaːsi ˈɣɛnt], English: Royal Athletic Association Ghent ), often simply known as Ghent or by their nickname De Buffalo's (English: The Buffalos ), is a Belgian professional sports club, based in the city ...
Saint Peter's Abbey ( Dutch: Sint-Pietersabdij) is a former Benedictine abbey in Ghent, Belgium, now a museum and exhibition centre. Saint Peter's was founded in the late 7th century by Amandus, a missionary sent by the Frankish kings to Christianize the pagan inhabitants of the region, who founded two monasteries in the area, St. Bavo's, and ...
Woodrow Wilsonplein, Ghent. Coordinates: scale:2000 51°3′26″N 3°43′33″E. Ghent 's administrative centre bordering the Woodrow Wilsonplein. Former city library on the square. The Woodrow Wilsonplein (English: Woodrow Wilson Square) is a city square in the centre of Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. The square is colloquially called 't ...
The Royal Conservatory of Ghent is a royally chartered musical institution, founded in 1835 [1] under King Leopold I. The conservatory's founding director was Martin-Joseph Mengal. Other directors have included well known Belgian composers such as Adolphe Samuel and Émile Mathieu.
The Belfry of Ghent ( Dutch: Belfort van Gent) is one of three medieval towers that overlook the old city centre of Ghent, Belgium; the other two belonging to Saint Bavo Cathedral and Saint Nicholas' Church. Its height of 91 metres (299 ft) makes it the tallest belfry in Belgium. [3]
Boekentoren. Coordinates: 51°02′41″N 3°43′33″E. The Boekentoren. The Boekentoren ( Dutch for Book Tower) is a famous building located in Ghent, Belgium, designed by the Belgian architect Henry van de Velde. It is part of the Ghent University Library and currently houses 3 million books. The Boekentoren is directly adjacent to the ...
Ghent City Hall. / 51.0545; 3.7253. The City Hall ( Dutch: Stadhuis ⓘ) of Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, is a four-sided complex surrounded by the Botermarkt, the Hoogpoort, the Stadhuissteeg and the Poeljemarkt. The main wings are the late-Gothic alderman's house of De Keure and the alderman's house of Gedele in the Renaissance style.