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Early Neo-Classical building (1889) by Victor Horta. Guided tours only (see Musée Horta).
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15th–17th centuries. An elegant style taking its inspiration from Greek and Roman architecture.
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10th–12th centuries. Semi-circular arches and hefty columns. The style is called “Norman” in Britain.
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13th–14th centuries. An early, rather austere version of Gothic typical of northern Belgium (around the River Scheldt).
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Architecturally magnificent royal greenhouses built in the 1870s (see Serres Royales).
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Its soaring Gothic interior and Baroque choir give Ghent’s impressive cathedral a forceful quality (see Sint-Baafskathedraal). It is upstaged, however, by its greatest treasure: Jan and Hubrecht van Eyck’s magnificent Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (see The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb).
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The richly ornate interior of this church bears testimony to the fact that it was frequented by the well-to-do during Antwerp’s 17th-century heyday – among them, Rubens, who was buried in his family chapel here (see Sint-Jacobskerk).
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The interior of Ghent’s most attractive church has been scrubbed clean by a recent programme of restoration, resulting in a light and joyous interior that makes the most of the robust Gothic stonework (see Sint-Niklaaskerk).
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Both grand and sombre, the tone of this church befits its status as Bruges’ cathedral. Although mainly Gothic, Saint Saviour’s may date back in origin to early Christian times. The turreted tower was built in Neo-Medieval style in the late 19th century (see Sint-Salvatorskathedraal).
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A giant model of an atom, created for the 1958 Universal Exposition (see The Atomium).
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