De Mammelokker

A baroque extension between the Cloth Hall and the Belfry, from 1741, was used as a prison. It was known as De Mammelokker (The Suckler), from a relief above the doorway that depicts the legend of Cimon, starving to death in prison, being suckled by his daughter Pero. Constructed to replace the city prison on the Korenmarkt demolished in 1718. Retained its function as a city prison until 1902. Botermarkt 17-18. DSC_0315

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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