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Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp |
The Cathedral of Our Lady (Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium.
Today's see of the Diocese of Antwerp was started in 1352 and, although the first stage of construction was ended in 1521, has never been 'completed'. In Gothic style, its architects we... |
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Rubenshuis |
The Rubenshuis (Rubens House) is the former home and studio of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) in Antwerp and now it houses a museum.
A year after marrying Isabella Brant in 1609, Rubens began construction on an Italian-style villa on the then-Vaartstraat (now the Wapper, 9-11), at the time located a... |
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Museum Aan de Stroom |
The Museum Aan de Stroom (MAS) is a museum located in the Eilandje district of Antwerp, Belgium, opened in May 2011. The 60 metre high MAS, was designed by Neutelings Riedijk Architects. The façade is made of Indian red sandstone and curved glass panel construction. The MAS houses 470,000 objects, m... |
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Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp |
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts (Dutch: Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen) is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1810, houses a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. This collection is representative of the artistic pro... |
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Antwerpen-Centraal railway station |
Antwerpen-Centraal (Antwerp Central) is the name of the main railway station in the Belgian city of Antwerp. The station is operated by the national railway company NMBS. The original station building was constructed between 1895 and 1905 as a replacement for the original terminus of the Brussels-Me... |
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Antwerp City Hall |
The City Hall (Dutch: Stadhuis) of Antwerp, Belgium, stands on the western side of Antwerp's Grote Markt (Great Market Square). E
rected between 1561 and 1565 to the design of Cornelis Floris de Vriendt and several other architects and artists, this Renaissance building incorporates both Flemish an... |
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Antwerp Zoo |
Antwerp Zoo (Dutch: Zoo van Antwerpen) is a zoo in the centre of Antwerp, Belgium, located right next to the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station.
It is the oldest animal park in Belgium, and one of the oldest in the world, established on 21 July 1843. Since its foundation, the park has been controll... |
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Carolus Borromeuskerk |
The Carolus Borromeuskerk is a church in Antwerp, located at the Hendrik Conscienceplein.
The church was formerly known for 39 ceiling pieces by Rubens that were lost in a fire when it was struck by lightning on July 18, 1718.
The church was inspired by the Church of the Gesu, the mother church of... |
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St. James' Church in Antwerp |
St. James' Church (Dutch: Sint-Jacobskerk) in Antwerp, Belgium, is built on the site of a hostel for pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela.
The present building is the work of the Waghemakere family and Rombout Keldermans, in Brabantine Gothic style. The church contains the grave of Rubens in the east... |
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Het Steen |
Het Steen is medieval fortress in the old city centre of Antwerp, Belgium, one of Europe's biggest ports. Built after the Viking incursions in the early Middle Ages as the first stone fortress of Antwerp, Het Steen is Antwerp's oldest building and used to be its oldest urban centre.
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