Antwerp, Belgium - 14-15 Aug 2004

Olympus Camedia C-40Zoom camera

 

__Antwerpen Centraal (railway station)

__Old city centre - Wijngaard straat - Betty

__Grote Markt plaats

__Stadhuis, 1564 - Betty

__Grote Markt - Brabo fountain - Claudio

__Vleeshuis (two photos stitched)

__Vleeshuis- muselaar, Jan Couchet, Antwerp 1650, Boalch 9
(rest. H. Bédard 1969)

 

__Vleeshuis - harpsichord, J. D. Dulcken, Antwerp 1747, Boalch 5

__Vleeshuis - basset horn and oboe, Vienna c. 1790

__De Steen: medieval fortifications

__De Steen: courtyard

__De Steen: "Fortunata Antverpia", the city's coat of arms

__Typical sweets in the city centre

__Groen Plaats - View of the Cathedral

__Cathedral - Tower with carillon bells and clock

__Cathedral - The central nave

__Cathedral - Organ: case 1657, instrument 1891

__Cathedral - Rubens - Crucifixion, 1610

__Cathedral - Rubens - Descent from the cross,1612

__Cathedral - North transept window: Archdukes Albert and Isabella of Austria, princes of Belgium, 1616

__Old city streets by night - Kaasrui

__Schone Kunsten Mus.- Simone Martini - "mini"-Annunciazione

__Schone Kunsten Mus.- Memling - Musician angels, 1465

__Schone Kunsten Mus.- Jan Provost- Martyrdom of St. Catherine, c. 1500

__Plantin-Moretus Huis - Garden through window - Betty

__Plantin-Moretus Huis - Garden - general view

__Plantin-Moretus Huis - Machine room

__Plantin-Moretus Huis - The library

__Plantin-Moretus Huis - Bedrooms: Claudio in the mirrors

__Handschoen Markt - sunday's antiquarian market

__Grote markt - Northern side buildings

__Grote markt - salesman in period dress

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