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Marianne
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posted 01-10-2010 08:14 AM     Profile for Marianne   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Hello!

Next saturday I'm off to Ghent, where I'll have a day and a half. Does anyone have nay tips on things I shouldn't miss? .. mostly but not exclusively form a 15th c. re-enactment/history point of view.

Thanks!

Marianne


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Bertus
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posted 01-14-2010 02:03 AM     Profile for Bertus     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
This comes to mind:

The Lam Gods altarpiece by van Eyck

Too bad the new citymuseum only opens in October of 2010.

In the belfry is a statue of a 1340s militiaman and the metal skeleton of a 1380s windiron in the form of a fire breathing dragon that stood on the belfry for centuries.

There's also the
Gravensteen, graaf = count, steen = stone
so the 'stone' of the counts, their castle. Not a gravestone. It houses a small collection of arms and armour; some 14th/15th c. guns, a maille shirt, a early 16th c. suit of armour, some 14th or 15th c. goedendags and a row of 17th c. judicial swords (beheading, chopping of hands, you know). Non arms related, finds of a hammer and a axe.

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Bertus
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posted 01-14-2010 02:16 AM     Profile for Bertus     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Oh and there's also the museum of fine arts in Ghent, which has a few medieval pieces but is focused more on 19th and 20th c.

You can search the collection of the 3 Flemish fine arts museums here.

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Marianne
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posted 01-14-2010 02:12 PM     Profile for Marianne   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Ah, thanks a lot!!
Those three were on my list but the belfry just went up higher in priority The dragon thing sounds like something a friend of mine will want photos of...

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