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[1] [2] The album, a tribute to Clouseau, topped the Belgium (Flanders) Ultratop 200 Albums chart in September 2007 [1] and was certified Gold in Belgium on 22 September 2007. [3] Udo performed the song live in 2011 at a concert in Lier, Belgium ; Alexandra Soto of Gazet van Antwerpen described Udo's performance of "Heb ik ooit gezegd" as ...
The Brabo Fountain (Dutch: Brabofontein) is a 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]
Het Steen. Het Steen is a medieval fortress in the old city centre of Antwerp, Belgium, one of Europe's biggest ports. The surviving structure was built between 1200 and 1225 as a gateway to a larger castle of the Dukes of Brabant which was demolished in the 19th century. As the first stone fortification (city wall) of Antwerp, Het Steen is ...
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 204.51 km 2 (78.96 sq mi) after Tournai and Couvin.
2 November 1944 Heist-aan-Zee: 2 November 1944 Ramskapelle 3 November 1944 Knokke: The capture of these two settlements concluded Operation Switchback. [107] Zeebrugge: 8 January 1945 Malmedy: Second liberation of this city; was earlier recaptured by German forces during the Battle of the Bulge. 23 January 1945 St. Vith
Fall of Antwerp. Parma's bridge over the Scheldt in 1585, built of ships. The fall of Antwerp ( Dutch: val van Antwerpen [vɑl vɑn ˈɑntʋɛrpə (n)]) on 17 August 1585 took place during the Eighty Years' War, after a siege lasting over a year from July 1584 until August 1585. The city of Antwerp was the focal point of the Protestant ...
Charles Philippe vicomte de Patin (C. P. Pattyn), De vry zee-bevaeringe, 1726 (Mare Liberum in Dutch), printed by Andreas Wydts standsdrukker inde Breyel-straete, Brugge. Complete title: Carel den VI.
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