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Antwerp is the home of the Antwerp Jazz Club (AJC), founded in 1938 and located on the square Grote Markt since 1994. [81] Antwerp also has various concert halls, such as the Stadsschouwburg, the Bourlaschouwburg, the Flemish Opera, the Arenbergschouwburg and the Koningin Elisabethzaal; the latter being the home of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.
1983 – Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Ekeren, Hoboken, Merksem, and Wilrijk become part of the city of Antwerp. [43] 1985 – Museum of Modern Art founded. [citation needed] 1989 – Berendrecht Lock constructed. 1994 Laus Polyphoniae festival begins. Switel Hotel fire; 1995 – City website launched (Digitale Metropool Antwerpen). [44]
Antwerp Province (Dutch: Provincie Antwerpen ... In 1887 a factory was founded near Herentals, which was closed due to the vicinity to the city.
A slightly later-starting Neolithic culture found in central Wallonia is the so-called "Groupe de Blicquy", which may represent an offshoot of the LBK settlers. One notable archaeological site in this region is the Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes. [9] Farming in Belgium failed to take permanent hold at first.
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 ...
The club was founded around 1880 as Antwerp Cricket Club by English students residing in Antwerp, 15 years before the creation of the Royal Belgian Football Association; Antwerp is regarded as the oldest club in Belgium. [2]
1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp. 1921: June: Crown Prince Hirohito's official visit to Belgium. [163] [164] 20 November: Belgian general election, 1921: 1923: 23 May: Sabena is founded at Brussels Airport: 1925: 6 March: Annexation of Eupen and Malmedy to the Kingdom of Belgium. 5 April: Belgian general election, 1925
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