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[edit] Three towers of Ghent

The so called three towers are Ghent's landmark. Those towers are: Sint-Baafs church, Belfort (Belfry) and Sint-Niklaas church. Sometimes, you will hear about the fourth tower of Ghent, the Boekentoren

[edit] Sint-Baafs Cathedral

see:Sint-Baafskathedraal

[edit] Belfry

[edit] Sint-Nicolaas church

Saint-Nicolaus church on 19th century painting	Saint-Nicolaus church seen from Saint-Michel bridge	The main nave of the Nicholas church	The vault of the Nicholas church
Frescos in the Nicholas church	Saint-nicolas church, view from cathedral

[edit] Other churches

Saint-Paul's Church in Ghent	Saint-Anna's Church in Ghent	Saint-Jacobs church	Saint-Jacobs church
Saint-Michael church. This church was mainly build between 1440 and 1480 under the auspices of the local brewers guild, but finished only in the 17th century. However, the top of the tower was never finished (because there was no money left for it).
Our Lady Nieuwenbosch		Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Andrew in the original Saint Elisabeth Beguinage, now usually called Holy Corner in English (there is also a Roman Catholic, a Protestant and an Anglican church in the neighbourhood).

[edit] Castle of the counts

Castle of the counts (Dutch: Gravensteen) is one of two castles to be found in Ghent. It dates back to 12-13th century.

			Gravensteen castle (seen from MIAT museum, Gent)
		Donjon	Chapelle, ancienne prison

[edit] Town hall

Town hall was build in 16-17 century

Charles V at the City Hall

[edit] Old houses

Old houses on Graslei quay	Graslei panorama	het Huis van Alijn; a 17th century "beluik"	Old houses at the Patershol
	Old yellow house	Ancient mustard shop window (family Tierenteyn Verlent, replica)	Entrance to the oiginal Saint Elisabeth Beguinage, now a protected urban site.

[edit] Modern achitecture

Boekentoren (Gent), the university library, Blandijn

Public library

House decorated with kind of curvatures

[edit] Water in the town

The river Leie		Tourists' boat

[edit] Transport

[edit] Rail

Gent-Sint-Pieters train station, built in neo-orientalist style

Ceiling paintings inside Sint-Pieters train station

Commuter train in Sint-Pieters train station

[edit] Tram

[edit] PCC cars

PCC near Sint-Pieters train station

[edit] HermeLijn low floor tram vehicles

[edit] Trolleybuses

Ghent is the only trolleybus city in Belgium

[edit] Misc

Vrijdagmarkt square and Van Artevelde monument
Small fountain	Fire engine	Vooruit (Gent) Rear side	Bicycle parking lot for student bikes (Hippolyte Metdepenningenstraat, Gent)
Military Medical Division Building	Military Medical Division Building seen from Boekentoren	Military Medical Division Building