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  2. Antwerp diamond heist - Wikipedia

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    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

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    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. Roomade - Wikipedia

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    Alongside the Laboratorium exhibition and the Ambient City project, Vanderlinden initiated the Century Center Project, [9] a series of exhibitions on the vacant office floors of the Century Center, located at De Keyserlei 58–60 near the Central Station in Antwerp. The project transformed these empty office spaces into temporary art installations.

  5. Antwerp diamond district - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Maagdenhuis Museum - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Grote Markt, Antwerp - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Fortifications of Antwerp - Wikipedia

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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.

  9. Antwerp - Wikipedia

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    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.