Belgium and Luxembourg (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

GHENT 131

The Belfort is one of the

city’s great landmarks and,

together with the adjacent

Lakenhalle (Cloth Hall), was

a centre of medieval trade.

St-Niklaaskerk

(see pp132–3)

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Suggested route

Het Huis van Alijn

A row of humble

whitewashed cottages

house this excellent folk

museum. Exhibits here

include everyday objects

from the late 19th century.

Stadhuis

Visitors can view this

throne room in the town

hall, which displays

the 1780 coro-

nation throne

of Joseph II.

. St-Baafskathedraal
Dating from the 1200s,
this magnificent
Gothic cathedral
was built over
several centuries.

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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

56 km (35 miles) NW of Brussels.

Road Map B2. * 250,000.

£ @ n St-Veerleplein; (09)

2665660. http://www.visitgent.be