Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Ghent, Belgium
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7.1 km
70 m
Explore Ghent in Belgium with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in GhentSight 1: Sint-Jan-Baptistkerk
St. John the Baptist Church is a neo-Gothic parish church in Ghent, Belgium. The church is located on the Emilius Seghersplein in the Brugse Poort district.
Wikipedia: Sint-Jan Baptistkerk (Gent) (NL), Heritage Website
Sight 2: Heilige Apostel Andreaskerk
The Holy Apostle Andreaskerk is a church building in the Belgian city of Ghent. The church is intended for worship services of Orthodox and dedicated to Apostle Andreas.
Sight 3: Rabot
The Rabot is a monument in Ghent and also the name of the neighborhood where this monument is located. There used to be a rabot on the site of the building, but the name Rabot has been transferred over the years to the towers to defend this hydraulic engineering construction.
Sight 4: St Stephen's Church
St. Stefanus is a Catholic parish church in Ghent, Belgium, part of an Augustinian monastery. It is dedicated to St. Stephen. The present building dates from 1841.
Sight 5: Museum of Industry
The Museum of Industry, Work and Textiles is a museum in Ghent in Belgium. Ghent was at the centre of the Flanders textile region. The museum is an Anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
Sight 6: Sint-Lievenscollege
The Sint-Lievenscollege is a Catholic group of schools in Ghent, Belgium, composed of a number of elementary and primary schools, a secondary general school ('humaniora') and a secondary vocational trade school.
Wikipedia: Sint-Lievenscollege (EN), Website, Heritage Website
Sight 7: Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde
The Royal Flemish Academy for Dutch Language and Literature is an institution focused on the study and promotion of the Dutch language in Flanders. It is the Dutch-speaking counterpart of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique and one of Belgium's numerous academies.
Wikipedia: Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature (EN), Heritage Website
Sight 8: Saint James' Church
The Saint Jacobskerk is a church in the Belgian city of Ghent. The church is dedicated to the Apostle Jacobus de Multiple.
Sight 9: Dulle Griet
Book Free Tour*The Dulle Griet is a medieval large-calibre gun founded in Gent (Ghent).
Sight 10: Castle of the Counts
Book Free Tour*The Gravensteen is a medieval castle at Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium. The current castle dates from 1180 and was the residence of the Counts of Flanders until 1353. It was subsequently re-purposed as a court, prison, mint, and even as a cotton factory. It was restored over 1893–1903 and is now a museum and a major landmark in the city.
Sight 11: Groot Vleeshuis
The Groot Vleeshuis is a Gothic building from 1408-1417 in Ghent. For centuries it was the covered market and the guild house of the Beenhouwersambacht.
Sight 12: Design Museum Gent
Design Museum Gent is a museum in Ghent with an extensive collection of Belgian and international design. The collection includes designs from the Art Nouveau of Henry Van de Velde to contemporary avant-garde design. The museum complex, located in the tourist heart of the city of Ghent, consists of an 18th-century mansion and a modern wing. It is one of the twenty most visited museums in Belgium.
Sight 13: Kerk Paters Karmelieten
The Kloosterkerk Paters Karmelites, also called Kloosterkerk of the unshoesed Carmelites, is a church building in the Belgian city of Ghent. The church was built by the unshoesed Carmelites who settled in the city from 1651.
Wikipedia: Kloosterkerk van de Ongeschoeide Karmelieten (Gent) (NL), Heritage Website
Sight 14: De school van toen
The School of the Past is a museum located at Klein Raamhof 8 in Ghent.
Sight 15: Sint-Martinuskerk
The Saint Martinus Church is a church in the Belgian city of Ghent. The church is located in the Ekkergem district and is one of the oldest parish churches in Ghent. It is first mentioned in a charter of Lotharius from 971.
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