BELGIUM Ghent City Hall Gothic Architecture

Description: Print Specifics: Type of print: Lithograph - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - est. 1860s Publisher: London, E.t. Brain & Co., 88 Fleet Street. Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair) Dimensions: 8.00 x 10.5 inches (19 x 26 cm), including blank margins (borders). Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNote: Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. Original narrative: Ghent, the capital of the Belgian province of East Flanders, (formerly of the whole province of Flanders,) is situated at the confluence of the Lys, Lieve, and More, into the Scheldt. The city is built in the form of a triangle, and divided by canals, some of them navigable, into twenty-six islands, which are united by innumerable bridges. It is about ten, other writers say fifteen, miles in circumference, of which, however, one half is occupied by gardens, bleaching-grounds, and corn-fields. Ghent contains 82,000 inhabitants, eighteen gates, thirteen squares, and fifty-five churches. Of the Cathedral of St. Bavon's, with its famous pictures by Van Eyck, we have given an account in a former number. This city is the seat of a court and chamber of commerce, a university, an Athenaeum, a seminar}', an academy of painting, and a conservatory of music; it likewise contains twenty-four hospitals, several orphan asylums, and a house of Beguins, which was founded in 1230. Although it has fallen from the high rank which it had attained in the fifteenth century, it can still boast of many extensive manufactories and commercial establishments. Ghent is likewise celebrated for its cultivation of flowers, which forms an important article of trade, and the exhibitions in the four hundred greenhouses of this city place it in the very first rank in the department of floriculture. The Town-Hall, which we here present to the reader, is a fine specimen of Gothic architecture. Its erection is placed as far back as the ninth century. . One part is still in its original state, the rest has been unfortunately modernized. In this spacious building many of the turbulent proceedings recorded above were decided.. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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