Ostend - Shoe store
Ostend
Ostend - Fats Domino
Ostend - Jeans shop
Ostend - Apoteek De Olifant
Ostend - Art Nouveau
Ostend - Villa Rembrandt
Ostend - Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk
Eeklo - Sint Vincentiuskerk
Zomergem - Aardapelhuisje
Nivelles - Jean de Nivelles
Nivelles - Collégiale Sainte-Gertrude
Nivelles - Collégiale Sainte-Gertrude
Veurne - Sint-Walburgakerk
Veurne - Sint-Walburgakerk
Veurne - Sint-Walburgakerk
Veurne - Sint-Walburgakerk
Veurne - Sint-Walburgakerk
Veurne - Boetprocessie
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Veurne - Grote Markt
Veurne - Grote Markt
Bruges - Grote Markt
Bruges - Grote Markt
Bruges - Belfry
Bruges - Duvelorium
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Bruges - Willow
Bruges - Belfry
Bruges - Grote Markt
Ghent - Sint-Niklaaskerk
Ghent - Sint-Niklaaskerk
Ghent - Belfort van Gent
Ghent - Sint-Niklaaskerk
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Ghent - Bond Moyson
Ghent - Vrijdagmarkt
Ghent - Groentenmarkt
Nivelles - Collégiale Sainte-Gertrude
Nivelles - Collégiale Sainte-Gertrude
Nivelles - Collégiale Sainte-Gertrude
Nivelles - Collégiale Sainte-Gertrude
Nivelles - Collégiale Sainte-Gertrude
Nivelles - Collégiale Sainte-Gertrude
Nivelles - Collégiale Sainte-Gertrude
Vieuxville - Eternity
Vieuxville - Chapelle Saints-Pierre-et-Paul
Vieuxville - Chapelle Saints-Pierre-et-Paul
Liège - Collégiale Saint-Barthélemy
Liège - Collégiale Saint-Barthélemy
Liège - Collégiale Saint-Barthélemy
Liège - Collégiale Saint-Barthélemy
Liège - Collégiale Saint-Barthélemy
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Liège - Grande Boucherie Moderne
Liège - Collégiale Saint-Barthélemy
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Ostend - Passage
Since 1265 Ostend is known as a "town". It was located at the "eastern end" of an island, named Testerep. As the coastline was pretty unstable, a new Ostend was founded futher inland, behind dikes.
Ostend was frequently taken, ransacked and destroyed by conquering armies. The Dutch Gueuzen took control of the town. The following siege (1601 to 1604) by Spanish troops ended in the bloodiest battle of the Eighty Years' War, costing more than 80.000 dead or wounded.
When, after the War of the Spanish Succession, Ostend belonged to the Austrian Empire, Charles VI founded the "Oostendse Compagnie" in 1722, that had a trade monopoly with Africa and the Far-East and was allowed to found colonies overseas. But only five years later the "Compagnie" was forced to stop its activities because of Dutch and British pressure.
Since Belgium existed in 1930 Ostend prospered. In 1838 a railway connected the twon with Brussels and Ostend became a transit harbour to England.
Belgian kings Leopold I and Leopold II liked to spend their holidays here and the aristocratic Belgium followed. Posh villas were built and by end of the 19th century Ostend was known as "the queen of the Belgian sea-side resorts".
Ostend was an elegant "Belle Epoque" Town. This ended in WWI and WWII, as both wars brought destruction to Ostend. This devastation plus the rise of mass tourism in the 1960s and 1970s changed the architecture of Ostend.
Of course, such an elegant sea-side resort had a passage for the affluent visitors end of the 19th century.
Ostend was frequently taken, ransacked and destroyed by conquering armies. The Dutch Gueuzen took control of the town. The following siege (1601 to 1604) by Spanish troops ended in the bloodiest battle of the Eighty Years' War, costing more than 80.000 dead or wounded.
When, after the War of the Spanish Succession, Ostend belonged to the Austrian Empire, Charles VI founded the "Oostendse Compagnie" in 1722, that had a trade monopoly with Africa and the Far-East and was allowed to found colonies overseas. But only five years later the "Compagnie" was forced to stop its activities because of Dutch and British pressure.
Since Belgium existed in 1930 Ostend prospered. In 1838 a railway connected the twon with Brussels and Ostend became a transit harbour to England.
Belgian kings Leopold I and Leopold II liked to spend their holidays here and the aristocratic Belgium followed. Posh villas were built and by end of the 19th century Ostend was known as "the queen of the Belgian sea-side resorts".
Ostend was an elegant "Belle Epoque" Town. This ended in WWI and WWII, as both wars brought destruction to Ostend. This devastation plus the rise of mass tourism in the 1960s and 1970s changed the architecture of Ostend.
Of course, such an elegant sea-side resort had a passage for the affluent visitors end of the 19th century.
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