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Logo of Ghent. Ghent ( Dutch: Gent [ɣɛnt] ⓘ; French: Gand [ɡɑ̃] ⓘ; historically known as Gaunt in English) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, after Brussels and Antwerp. [2]
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.
historischehuizen .stad .gent /en /st-peters-abbey. 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 ...
Design Museum Gent. / 51.055833; 3.720139. Design Museum Gent is a museum in Belgium with an international design collection. The museum complex is located in the tourist centre of Ghent and comprises an 18th-century mansion and a modern wing. The museum holds a collection of Belgian design, supported by international objects.
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 ...
Ghent City Museum. / 51.043486; 3.716970. The Ghent City Museum (in Dutch "Stadsmuseum Gent", " STAM " in short) is a museum in the Belgian city of Ghent. The museum exposes the city history and opened its doors on 9 October 2010. [1] With respect to the collection that is shown, the history of this museum goes back to 1833, the year in which ...
Coordinates: 51°02′52″N 3°43′40″E. Vooruit arts centre in Ghent. The rear side of the building. Vooruit ( Dutch: Kunstencentrum Vooruit, [a] lit. 'Forward Arts Centre') is a historic complex in Ghent, Belgium. Vooruit was originally the festival and art centre of the Ghent-based labour movement, with a ballroom, cinema, theatre, etc.
Academic library. Established. 1818. Other information. Website. lib.ugent.be. Ghent University Library ( Dutch: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent) is a university library located in the city of Ghent, Belgium. It serves the Ghent University community of students and scholarly researchers.