When.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: century center antwerp
  2. SuperiorAntwerpen.guestreservations.com has been visited by 1M+ users in the past month

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Antwerp diamond heist - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_diamond_heist

    The Antwerp diamond heist, dubbed the "heist of the century", [1] was the largest ever diamond heist and one of the largest robberies in history. Thieves stole loose diamonds, gold, silver and other types of jewelry valued at more than $100 million. [2] [3] It took place in Antwerp, Belgium, during the weekend of 15–16 February 2003. Though ...

  3. Laboratorium (art exhibition) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratorium_(art_exhibition)

    Laboratorium was a contemporary art exhibition curated by Barbara Vanderlinden and Hans-Ulrich Obrist at Fotomuseum Antwerp, the Century City building and various other locations in Antwerp, Belgium, from 27 June to 3 October 1999.

  4. Golden Age of Flanders - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Flanders

    The size of Charles' empire made the port city of Antwerp "the centre of the entire international economy" [7] Antwerp was the richest city in Europe at this time. [8] Antwerp's golden age is tightly linked to the fact that it became the financial centre where Spanish precious metals coming from the Americas were exchanged for banking credit of rich German families (namely the Fugger and the ...

  5. Antwerp - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp

    Antwerp (/ ˈ æ n t w ɜːr p / ⓘ; Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)] ⓘ; French: Anvers ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at 208.22 km 2 (80.39 sq mi), after Tournai and Couvin.

  6. Fortifications of Antwerp - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortifications_of_Antwerp

    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.

  7. Antwerp diamond district - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_diamond_district

    Antwerp has been a focus of the diamond trade since the 15th century. [13] The industry was transformed when Lodewyk van Berken invented a new form of diamond polishing tool, the scaif, which enabled the creation of the stereotypical sparkling, multifaceted diamond.

  8. Brabo Fountain - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brabo_Fountain

    The Brabo Fountain (Dutch: Brabofontein) is an eclectic-style fountain-sculpture located in the Grote Markt (main square) of Antwerp, Belgium, in front of the City Hall.The fountain, dating from 1887, contains a bronze statue by the sculptor Jef Lambeaux depicting the city's legendary founder, Silvius Brabo, throwing the severed hand of the giant Druon Antigoon into the river Scheldt. [1]

  9. Grote Markt, Antwerp - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote_Markt,_Antwerp

    The Grote Markt (Dutch: [ˌɣroːtə ˈmɑr(ə)kt] ⓘ; "Big Market") is the central square of Antwerp, Belgium, situated in the heart of the old city quarter.It is surrounded by the city's Renaissance Town Hall, as well as numerous guildhalls with elaborate façades, the majority of which are reconstructions from the 19th and early 20th century, approximating paintings of the square by ...