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Het Steen (literally: 'The Stone'). Antwerp was developed as a fortified city, but very little remains of the 10th century enceinte.Only some remains of the first city wall can be seen near the Vleeshuis museum at the corner of Bloedberg and Burchtgracht, and a replica of a burg (castle) named Steen has been partly rebuilt near the Scheldt-quais during the 19th century.
Antwerp, Belgium Coordinates: 51°13′10.8″N 4°25′2.7″E / 51.219667°N 4.417417°E / 51.219667; 4. The Franklin Rooseveltplaats (English: Franklin Roosevelt Square ) is a large square in the city of Antwerp , Belgium , placed at the crossing of the Leien and Turnhoutsebaan , and within walking distance of the Koningin ...
The Nazi camp commandant, Philipp Schmitt, was tried in Antwerp in 1949 as a war criminal; the court martial sentenced him to death and was shot by a firing squad on 9 August 1950. He never showed any remorse and denied all of the atrocities that occurred at Breendonk, claiming he was merely re-educating the inmates as he had been ordered.
In 1998 the Antwerp city council decided to build the museum at the Hanzestedenplaats. On 14 September 2006 the first brick of the building was laid. In 2010 museum objects arrived from various other museums like the Ethnographic Museum and the Maritime Museum, which both ceased to exist. The museum opened for the public on 17 May 2011.
The Vleeshuis (Butcher's Hall, or literally Meat House) in Antwerp, Belgium, is a former guildhall. It is now a museum located between the Drie Hespenstraat, the Repenstraat and the Vleeshouwersstraat. The slope where the Drie Hespenstraat meets the Burchtgracht used to be known as the Bloedberg or Blood Mountain.
14 September 1944 Ten Aard The allies breached the Bocholt–Herentals Canal in this area, but failed to break out of the bridgehead at this village and withdrew south in the night of 20–21 September. The Germans retreated from this village the following day, leaving the destroyed village a no-man's land. [25] 14 September 1944 Stekene [86]
21st-century replica of the uniform worn by the orphans of the Maagdenhuis based on the paintings of Herreyns and Joannes de Maré. In the orphanage's former chapel, which was the first room to be turned into a museum, there is a collection of utensils used by the orphans and the foundlings and objects that interest them, including porridge bowls, foundling dresses and identifiers, embroidered ...
6 Belgium. Toggle Belgium subsection. 6.1 1800s. 6.2 1900s. ... This is a list of mayors of Antwerp throughout history. Names of acting mayors are written in italic ...