Ghent - Saint Michaels Church

Ghent & Brussels

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May 18th 2017
Geo: 50.838, 4.42102After a brief sojourn into France yesterday we have returned to Belgium. Our journey today takes us to Ghent & Brussels.Ghent is a very pretty medieval town with many churches as well as a castle.One wonders where all of the money came from to pay for these magnificent buildings.Religion and royalty were good business. Serfdom less so. Poor pay few benefits. ... read more

Europe » Belgium

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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