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Grote Sikkel

Grote Sikkel. Hoogpoort elevation. Part of the Sikkel complex, an urban mansion, or "Steen", with its origins in the 14th century. De Grote Sikkel consists of two stately stepped gables reconstructed during the restoration in Tournai limestone, according to archive documents dated 1481. Hoogpoort 64. IMG_9946
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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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