Monday, May 12, 2025

Ghent

The beautiful city of Ghent is well known not only for its many tourist attractions, but also as the location where the Treaty of Ghent was signed. Adopted on Christmas Eve in 1814, it officially ended the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States.

                                                                     St. Nicholas Church


 

                           The Mason Guild Hall, or "House of the Heads" located on Friday Market Square

                      

                               The Belfry of Ghent, with the Old Post Office in the foreground.

 

                                                          Church of St. Nicholas, front view.

 

                                                                Cruising on the Leie River


                                                     The Graslei Harbor, in the old city center

 

                                                      The well-preserved Granensteene castle

 

                                                        Entrance gate to the Old Fish Market.


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