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Architecture in Belgium

Castles

The Gravensteen, Ghent, 9th-14th centuries, largely 1180-1200.

Steen, Antwerp, 1250 ff.

Other Castles: Beersel, Vorselaer, Veves

Cities

Bruges - excellently preserved late medieval architecture

Damme - former port of Bruges

Ghent - rich range of medieval architecture

Antwerp - Gothic and Baroque masterpieces

Brussels - Grand Place and Art Nouveau

Town Halls

Town Halls - Aalst (Alost), Oudenaard (Audenarde)

see also: Antwerp, Damme, Ghent

Gothic

St. Bavo's (Sint Baaf), Ghent. 1290-1310; 1400s-1554.

Rural architecture

Barn, Abbey of ter Doest, Lissewege, near Bruges. 1275-1300.

Open air museum of rural architecture, Bokrijk

Baroque

Rubens' Houses in Belgium

Church of St. Charles Borromeo, Antwerp, 1615-23. P. Huyssens, S.J., & P.P. Rubens

20th Century

WW1 Memorials - OLV Hoekje, Dodengang,near Dijksmuide

Boston College
Jeffery Howe, 1997