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Pairi Daiza (French pronunciation: [pɛʁi daiza]; formerly Paradisio) is a privately owned zoo and botanical garden located in Brugelette, Hainaut, Belgium.The 75-hectare (190-acre) large animal theme park is located on the site of the former Cistercian Cambron Abbey, and is home to over 7,000 animals. [1]
Fidèle in 2013. Fidèle (Fidel in English) (May 2003–January 2016) [1] was a famous dog and tourist attraction in Bruges, Belgium.The Yellow Labrador Retriever lived at the Côté Canal bed and breakfast with his owner, Caroline Van Langeraet.
The Brugse Vechter, French: Combattant de Bruges, is an endangered Belgian breed of gamecock. It dates from the early nineteenth century, and was bred specifically for cock-fighting . It named for its area of origin, that of the city of Bruges (Brugge), in West Flanders in the north-east of Belgium.
Peter Candid, painter and architect (1548–1628, birth in Bruges uncertain) Simon Stevin , mathematician and engineer (1548–1620) Franciscus Gomarus , Calvinist theologian (1563–1641)
Land mammals of Belgium include many of the ones found around Europe. Majority of species are primarily found in the Ardennes.The region is home to red deer, the roe deer, the red fox, the European badger, red squirrel, European hedgehog, along with many other types of European mustelidae, the Eurasian beaver, many kinds of shrews and mice and a great number of species of bats.
Bruges has significant economic importance, thanks to its port, and was once one of the world's chief commercial cities. [6] [7] Bruges is a major tourism destination within Belgium and is well-known as the seat of the College of Europe, a university institute for European studies. [8]
It is famous for its large variety in salt-resistant flora, such as sea lavender. It is also popular with bird watchers. There is a small zoo with some major domestic birds and it is one of the few places in Belgium with a population of white storks. [2] In March 1986 it was declared a Wetland of International Importance. [3]
Gheeraerts was active as a printmaker and print designer during his time in Flanders and in England. The best-known print works he created before he left for England are the map of Bruges, the Allegory of Iconoclasm (both discussed above) and the emblematic fable book De warachtighe fabulen der dieren (The true fables of the animals). [4] [14]