Groot Vleeschhuis

The Great Butchers’ Hall was originally a covered market. This hall, which dates back to the 15th century, was the central place where meat was inspected and traded. This was partly because selling meat door-to-door was forbidden in the Middle Ages. "...the former Grande Boucherie (Groot Vleeschhuis), erected in 1408-17."--Baedeker 1910. DSC_0262

Ghent

April 25th 2023
Dawn found Monarch Empress waiting to transit the Nieuwe Sluis Terneuzen and then follow the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal twenty miles (32 km) down to the city. Arrival in Gent was through its Dampoort. The long canal terminating at Achterdok was again lined with all manner of industrial wharves: coal, sand, and gravel; scrap metal; pipes and petrochemicals. Good arriving by ocean vessels are transloa ... 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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