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Row of ornate historic guild houses with stepped gables and tall spires reflected in the Lys River in Ghent, Belgium, with people sitting along the waterfront. Map of Europe highlighting the location of Ghent in Belgium, with surrounding countries including France, the Netherlands, and Germany labeled for geographic context. An inset in the upper left shows Europe's position on a world map. Ghent-Terneuzen Canal Ghent Altarpiece
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Row of ornate historic guild houses with stepped gables and tall spires reflected in the Lys River in Ghent, Belgium, with people sitting along the waterfront.
guild houses Guild houses along the Lys River in Ghent, Belgium.

Ghent

Belgium
Also known as: Gand, Gent
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Ghent, city, Flanders Region, northwestern Belgium. Ghent lies at the junction of the canalized Lys (Leie) and Scheldt (Schelde) rivers and is the centre of an urban complex that includes Ledeberg, Gentbrugge, and Sint-Amandsberg. One of Belgium’s oldest cities and the historic capital of Flanders, Ghent was powerful, well-organized in its wealthy trade guilds, and virtually independent until 1584. Within its walls was signed the Pacification of Ghent (1576), an attempt to unite the Lowlands...

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