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I P O C K E T G U I D E T 0T H E CITIES OFBELGIUM ANDLUXEMB-OURG

W A R D E P A RT M E N T WASHINGTON, D. C.


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A to wi l l sommsonvimi you that its atmosphereis so indipidud t i$ in nowagmmnblcs &her citiq either inBelgium orinEurope. Apart from hhkme td theworld%mmtimportant harbors, Antwerp is an impwing t own wifi widetl.muw and rnagn%cmthnilw.At th e t ime it is Bd-gim%p t m t c o m d l city md one of her p u d e Iwdersof c d c m . &t, bdom trying hmdePst$nd the Antwerp oft&yp gpum m w e w i g of StWJ Of af i e h&mmyof is the histoq of the hmmr, fur it isth e C O U ~ riverwhich lum hf luend the life of the city to$ t.&*suchm a t a t &at &+beW e he pulsebat of iks inhabitant&Dmhg the middle-ages the p w t h d Antwerp was don. h t @on,however, ia theE m ~ a ~ ~ i l l l c ewiod, h w r p chieved r leader-shipin economic&iviQ gmbldya t b b dbyno other e i ~fmThen aw d deepnhg oftbwaters in t h e & a d s , thushpmv-ingthe t t c w to he h a r k , one srf themixitbprtarit u r ne o m t f i h t u to this q r u u a y . The dLpof the Sp.nirbinmgu .rt BM-yeaf.sh&&m inr the&dopent of the harbor.

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. 8~~YQ~$ wh@mYOU hbkp, ad &dtbrt miat of fie ltnad wiY Id ycu toithis asmu&Walkingdown De K e p r l e i past many of the city% k t otels, $oumto the TEm ( P hm Tenie~s)and thus wcm the h e b. .r 4 h t m p % b i i ~V~IIWZL Nm%dd& the ~ u z r t b h i QW-P. . ., ..a? Belgium%a 1 b in th e &sk World War, theseumuesareplan*'ii? with -a p d r u ir line of trees and mbe1lished with e m .- Conkin* on%sDeKogserk honsrer, and walking tonard the*;:';19ohrldt, you corn@ to th e Mw, whicb oommemiully and tap-5:pBup&alli, form th e 9 t e r of #@ dd m n . D o r i the dig-." . 5 t h tbi. b r d && wil l be .a crowded .s De KeperX~i,but.- c -; bush- hours, theMer hmore ox lm d w & d The %TM,-.-. P- E m a m are tb.ma& h p r h n t-J';BwB an3 he ISo-

fr L .~.i-:rhil&njp which you W d it on this d o & The Rcrya3: '"= Palm, em$ed in 1745 by & private citizen and occupied by .- . . i * ,~~o~wnin i8B ,wuatacqu irsdbh e ~ w n t l p t i I a R e r 1 8 1 L- -s ;>*;TQeExoh- building, which isemI 34on dl sides by h o r n ,-. w mbuilt-around18.62* T-ha~bbnyai the w n d Boor (l3elgims';>:callthis the &st flmr) b open to~huring e d m g e hours.,- At theend o* %B&r ia Antwerp's e l g a n p e r , t. ,-..;..-ha:

r .,If a h (Ynative o# New Y Q P ~ o, yoy,will wmdir i t~ ~ , or-Chicbbu fbe of h t w e q an3thirhizw building,m$ per-haps youwill be q z k d to hmw hem explain to you ,&hstthis945 -foot high sW&wm&.dm the ib mntkbntd Europe.If %a;ldkgis dill,open to,thpl publie you w ~ u l ddo wwlt tot&e Wa w$&rmiQ to ,dew p Brie prqnarms of t hp i dtymdhwbw --the cafe a t theb ~ .m mh you canw d y &dyqur ,wag:h . & e Wdd&and tb.w &a to h a m a @ h m t Ch-u.mNomm D q ,the%om dominataa t h ~f whi& if ,$bedtytg,The tWhdrd ie ab u t i k l work \.'in tha words df CkrIes V,it &add bekept in.a,cwk& in d b r ~PI: serve it,&wnthe rakyps ~f timk Th3sWOhw&,.wWm-t+-tion ofwhich i39 Imw ~ # L t d . i a5143. The4& fdnmih taw,a mstqiece of [email protected],4,meof tba most Wewdhy p&a of th e bnildhg. Its -total b & h is 1M %wdik m a ia 40,860 quare feet. :Aftmhuybgcme$edthe-bgrm ca n sitartpm d&t'tolt&dpoi& ofm.Tha Zmmaw O w 1 rior 'fabb w a 'tb&&& kht3 mltim~nt,f ' ~ 0 r&s tisit, ILnd if yonk p &.-b-in intlre x4#g as s m l m r , p n may&twerp;chaw tarrt on ons of t bW* c?iQ ~ H & I pl\lmw ~ e

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BRUGESNo anema ever claim tob Belgium without having visitedB m ; he &iar cham of thisdty is dm partly ta tb.pres-mw of m many canals a d ~ r t 1 yo ibW t h of Med i d andR m a b ~ mbaildings NratwitWdhg the &veIop& ofm d m W e r i m B?qgw mmgd b rebin ib hw an d

c ; p aM thm O&T &&a by maem&rrudi~fl dabosoddad lryrcgPesThe city ofB w p , he n m a 03 whichb derived from eheword%ridten Khmhgssaidta b t ehack m frnasthe&mthan**t h h d * - , t U t a * p a * y t o h h M a m m a ,Bmga b m e om of Europe%p W amm&aI amtwm, Ledby Pieter de C&&, o WMV~F, and Jan Bmydel, $ butcher, tbewph ef bag^ mdtad a* &e Fm& geemm of Flm-dm , Jwqw deGhatillam, and rn-d all t h e e mabk tu p#-the FIE&&w d s U ~n V&ndt) [Shijdd andF&ad), Thedtbg-up pf theid& ta She sea was eh0 principalMQPnBxuga' rapld d d h uring the f i h t hmd ~Mamth


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' B q yh the capital of thepre- of West Pl.ndar.andhad,in the hp ptior to thewandWorld Warvappda t i on of 59,000.T b cityisw richin thingsworthwing that itkMdt tam k ~a&oiw for rr brief viait.h bheceaW and mntbern pmh of the ci p will fmd mthbdidiqg ~ V ~ I E ' IC p bl W ~ Fheng p&th@ by%erg gouts,B ~ O O I S ~ ~d mbb. Thisbuildin$,belmghgb t h m distinct psriqdpl [14#, Uth and 13th centkina) is opento the pubbmry day. On the GmwmW, e 19thcmtury monument to P b h r de Conimk ttnd Jrur 3Bmyda whoham pl~yedwzch an h w r Wm1e in Flwdm'hkdaq,T h e B m r Io v e h h w h g he quare, waa &lt in t h e 18thwnd 14th centuries, a l t bgh he upper&my WEASnet addedmfilI-. A h n the &vote Marb are the'Gothic *led Cbmm~P m FmR and the P ~ F ' I w ~ Lhm x a f m ~XDmma. n~C OF mmHO~Yhm t from w h m he lWu&d Fr-ion

+ 05 theHoly Blood rnb out on tbe first Monday after May 2, ishatea in the srtme district; This G k p l ww ?a& fo *eIre -

'prne drop of-as'Blood of Christ h u g B t-hJ&~gfalm3nIl& % , M q a ~o* &peh.d&& bbk totb JWm-tnrg,wbweaa the.Qokhica phplwas b&lfb:EKOPKCBW.A maUm u m , mntaining th e dilvex;gilt diqyrrrg of &e Ei~)lxaid, topdm with other wo r b of -&k s4 tihe right of tbatmm Qo the nppp eh*T h s T m U a r t d & e b a w ~ $ f g E m a M h t h m ~n*kbsod.T4e M m & U- OF A m n B R I ~builddingin4-arm sty&'bas011sof the rickst e o l l d m of ma#m of.the'emlym* &m1, wb ih ~ w ~ H ~sma l h m m Br-$phi&bbm v d d nto an M-, EX-hibib e migas d e d a g of 1 rund dt&ue --. Theearly & t h i ~ . W~W h m W hilt bx the 18ihcmw.Heft!p aab abb to,&&e 8u&- WQ*>Q~ t ~ the &~sP,Dalarw%'atf*ibnM t o - f anhd t ,md th e statue of the Virginobila by Mi&&t~ngdt~A rmw~kabhwI1- Q$ &t-+ t b y & n s ~ a r e b b e d i r r * & . J e r H v~mamwFhich b k t d a the &hkraa& tbg we@~ d , ' ' a f & e ~ O f O O r ' l ; a d F A f i ~ b l W k s ~ * . h ~ *t+tmnth c w m y l33bmrq a mmm- f s r ntuls 0 f . h


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me~f~dcam u M-m, with its femoua ol~pllTHEATRE tb 'impmsi~edaseidpmm w zla Mwxm+wdstyled&ws ~ ~ia just a done's &row from t keR&BB The center of m h w t top as trweller,how-@Bmever,a be the G u m PmcqWE&i3 without a d d t +e ofthe finest ~irqusmon,theContinent. T b quare has seen r @atdeul of B m d s hiwry. Formerly thamtmd mark& $lace, ith~ nowhammaamwca for touris& It8 p i h q u e --theTOWH u i ~ ith its tamed spim md theMaw rm BQr em af e y of iet most beautiM [email protected]&(E&dde VilJe), with its rneclievd fron t,mpimmoat of themth side a stptmaad was h i l t during the

&ant city,smt of tlaeGtov-B r01$~1Mi,B ~ B ~ ~ E Is generallyit well w rnof the most charming

a t you d l rrive in Bruwels at &e Noma &A- 1eam This h i l * with h~biduric gprtrt9i d . ~ ~ t ba d m y tapwhy, e m be a i M very day of the we&.h d i of the homes of tha Guildhdla baa its Mividnal h r a c b rand the quainthw rmBo~mum(number8) will undaubt-~ ~ a t t r a c t y b u m o s t . .It isdwinthhpZBBlof the t m h t p a will &Id th~sbtueof Ymdkia P&,WE& b m e tb BUSCO% sf al l E P P ~ O ~ I Lm e w d t i o n p W t & s t a t a g w ~ U b a W . f a & ~ ~~ f h e m v ~ o f ~ ~ ~ d .f a ~ ~ ~ r s w w - t f i s

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GHENT @zmm,&ftuatd a t the curduenm of thoxivem Lysand M e I d t irjrth e cap~tqlof &s t F h d e m . NOother town has played ao im-portrmnt a role in Flemish histmy as G h t , trhich e 9 p W whyit hm EI* present one of &e richest 00Udot l s of buildings and.m~numenbating from everyage,3k n d e d in 981, G h a t was mclleasiveIy'oneof the worId's -inmters sf grain trade and th e wa v i n g indmtry. During t he&emnth century, the weaving i n d w brought the ci ty an un-'surpaslered prosprity which anded in the foui*tmth century wit11gmwtll of wool mni~ua~twingn Fagland, D d i he Hun-.bed Yeem War, Jacob van AFte~eMc,friend and Gongdant of;Edward IId England,mured the neufrality pf Flandem, thusiimrhg ampply of wool to England. Asadmted as a'mulf,.of h i s .p,oliqof fawritism towad England, he waa m&edby his son Philip vm Arteveldelwbo beeame Regent of F I m h,in18B. It was PWpvanAr&veldewho ledth e c i t h m of G h a t,in the m d l g g l a again& the F m o h ovi3r20rds. 5n1640 the men- of Ghent were equally maaceedul in th& rebe&- ! , . a . -. G r h.?. : .-- I : -,-.A-- y ~ . ' . . r :+r.., - I .. , . * 1 b+ , ~ . - - - ' - ' : m~ A ','>-A-,-.a -% -FL

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t - h b i , &oral ce6ter of Fmch-8,eakinfiBdg~um,is the capital;'f ~ B 'sameme,with b popdadion of %P,IXH).mbim of $ 1 ~' I +ke met aP theFl&sb bwns, Li*, &d calEd th e ar'tdof' p&&, bas gone though m q kqg1L since theMdd B &Bin u rd e~to paewu that liberty so dear ka hhe Bdgku.Thedty of LiBge was fomded byEk E?ambrtjB&up ofMaw-hiaht. In fie fonrkmth century it became the mpiM af t b. pthmcbi&oMe af Id*, which ~ Q Pourhm&apars rebind:'. ib h d e p d ~ m ~ Strife &menf $h&Southern RePlawIa.&.the&&ma af Li&geand he princeWop ww f m q w t houghTout- that-perid During the last m n t q was mrmunddby st ring& forb a@ the city played an im@& m 4 in bothtbeErst a n d the ~nwntWorld IFTam-.-LiQe enjogs imqarhbI* locadon st tb mg&uacs of thenhd the C)OBPBB, &-thehse 0181sk hi& rising s h p l y ondl sides.The broad tm-2igad sheeta which run p d e l with fi b Mdwe

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