Antwerp Cathedral

Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal - Cathderal of Our Lady, Antwerp. Built between 1352 and 1551. The second spire was left uncompleted. "Cathedral (Notre Dame or Onze lieve Vrouwe Kerk), the largest and most beautiful Gothic church in the Netherlands. It is of cruciform shape, with triple aisles and ambulatory. It was begun in 1352 under the superintendence of Jean Amel or Appelmans of Boulogne".--Baedeker 1910.

Antwerp

April 24th 2023
Monarch Empress spent the morning sailing through inland waterways in the Netherlands. Shortly after we crossed the Belgian border, the Boudewijnsluis lock carried the vessel into the River Schledt just above Antwerp. At Boudewijnsluis, the lock chamber accommodated four vessels at a time. I had not seen such a lock as this. Every other lock I had seen, whether on the Panama Canal, the Douro River ... read more

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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... ... read more

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