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Museum of Fine Arts. / 51.0383; 3.7238. The Museum of Fine Arts ( Dutch: Museum voor Schone Kunsten, MSK) an art museum in Ghent, Belgium, is situated at the East side of the Citadelpark (near the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst ). The museum's collection consists of some 9000 artworks, dating from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. [1]
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.
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 ...
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 Saint Peter's on the Blandijnberg. [1] During the winter of 879-80, the abbey was raided and plundered by the Normans, [2] and it ...
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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]
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]
Closed view, back panels. The Ghent Altarpiece, also called the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb ( Dutch: De aanbidding van het Lam Gods ), [A] is a very large and complex 15th-century polyptych altarpiece in St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium. It was begun around the mid-1420s and completed by 1432, and it is attributed to the Early Netherlandish ...