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The Vrijdagmarkt ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvrɛidɑxmɑr (ə)kt]; "Friday Market") is a city square in the historic centre of Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. It is named after the weekly tradition to stage a market every Friday morning. As one of the oldest squares in Ghent, it played an important role in the city's history.
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]
Graslei. Coordinates: 51°3′18″N 3°43′15″E. General view of the Graslei with the Leie river in the foreground. Graslei ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣrɑslɛi̯]; English: Grass Quay) is a quay in the historic city center of Ghent, Belgium, located on the right bank of the Leie river. The quay opposite of the Graslei is called Korenlei.
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 ...
Lode Van Hecke. Saint Bavo's Cathedral, also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral ( Dutch: Sint Baafskathedraal ), is a cathedral of the Catholic Church in Ghent, Belgium. The 89-meter-tall Gothic building is the seat of the Diocese of Ghent and is named for Saint Bavo of Ghent. It contains the well-known Ghent Altarpiece .
St. Nicholas Church ca. 1890–1900. St. Nicholas Church ( Dutch: Sint-Niklaaskerk) is one of the oldest and most prominent landmarks in Ghent, Belgium. Begun in the early 13th century as a replacement for an earlier Romanesque church, construction continued through the rest of the century in the local Scheldt Gothic style (named after the ...
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 ...
Gorditas. These thick corn tortillas can be stuffed with just about anything, but we particularly love the flavor of pulled pork mixed with the salsa verde. Then, top it off with queso fresco ...