Gent - Street art

Gent, Belgium Art Deco houses

Oudevest, Gent, Belgium

Gent - Belgium

Gent, Music Kiosk on the Kouter

In 1878, A.Pauli, as city architect, decided that a music kiosk should be built on the square where many Ghent residents took their Sunday stroll.

The wrought iron construction was placed on a natural stone plinth. The roof, topped by a frost crest, bears the names of 4 famous composers (Mozart, Gretry, Rossini and Auber). This roof is supported by slender columns. At the bottom, these columns are connected by an elegant openwork parapet.

Gent - wall painting - Lange Steenstraat

Gent - Belfry

Rehabilitation of the Ghent victims of witch-hunting

No fewer than 44 women, 15 men and 1 boy were accused of witchcraft in Ghent between 1364 and 1713. The majority of these cases played out at the start of the seventeenth century and not, as is often believed, in the Middle Ages. Gossip and wild rumours were often sufficient grounds for arrest and torture. Numerous victims met a gruesome end at the stake. It is high time that they were rehabilitated.

Gent Street art

Gent Belgium - Capitol Graaf Van Vlaanderen Plein

Always thought these ornamental architectural details were done in cement or plaster, but apparently these ones are cast iron.

Gent, Belgium

Rainy day in Gent

Gent, Belgium

Dragon

Pressure