Ghent
East Flanders capital
Ghent is a city in northwestern Belgium, the capital of East Flanders province.
A major medieval trading center, it remains Belgium's second-largest city and an important port connected to the North Sea by canal.
The Treaty of Ghent (1814) ended the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States.
Northern Belgian region
Craftsmen's mutual aid societies
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
- communeShared-living community
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
Systematic fact-finding effort
- biotechApplied biological engineering
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
- humanitiesStudy of culture
- lawBinding principle or regulation
medicine · rector · graduation · faculty
Religious art behind altar
- restorationReturning something to condition
- polyptychMulti-panel hinged artwork
- gildingApplying decorative gold coating
- devotionalRelating to worship
Flanders
Northern Belgian region
guilds
Craftsmen's mutual aid societies
fortifications · count · burghers · ramparts · charter · execution · abbey
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- biotechApplied biological engineering
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
- humanitiesStudy of culture
law · medicine · rector · graduation · faculty
altarpiece
Religious art behind altar
- restorationReturning something to condition
- polyptychMulti-panel hinged artwork
- gildingApplying decorative gold coating
concerts
Live musical performances
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
mustard
Tangy seed-paste condiment
Opera
Sung dramatic theatrical form
- Flemish ArtBosch, Bruegel, Peter Paul Rubens, Rubens, Hieronymus Bosch
- Ducal CapitalsFerrara, Modena, Florence, Munich, Dresden
- East FlandersNazareth
- Belgian mapsFlanders, Antwerp, Brussels, Bruges, Ypres
- European CitiesAmsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen
- BelgiumBrussels, Belgium, Flanders, Antwerp, Bruges