St Bavo’s Cathedral is a well-conserved Gothic building in the historic city centre of Ghent, Belgium. The interior is breathtaking and peaceful. The paintings are exceptional. …
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The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Dinant (Collégiale Notre-Dame de Dinant) is a thirteenth century Gothic church in Dinant, Belgium. It stands out conspicuously against the backdrop of a vertical limestone cliff on the bank of the River Meuse. …
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Maeslant Barrier is an enormous storm surge protector on the waterway leading to Rotterdam port. It protects the region from disastrous floods. Bouwkombinatie Maeslantkering, a construction consortium, built the barrier between 1991 and 1997. The cost was €450 million. …
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Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest Nazi extermination camp. Between 1940-45, they annihilated at least 1.1 mn people here. It was their largest death factory. Jews were a staggering majority of the victims, about 1 mn people. Auschwitz became synonymous with the Holocaust. …
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