Belgium

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Omond, George W. T. (George William Thomson), 1846-1929

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E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Kiwibrit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries ( archive.org/details/americana)

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English

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DH: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg

Subject

Belgium -- Description and travel

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eBook-No.

46248

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46248

Release Date

July 11, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BELGIUM
2. 2.AGENTS — BRUSSELS The Hôtel de Ville, a corner of the Grande Place, showing La Maison des Brasseurs, La Maison du Cygne, and La Maison de l'Étoile. — BELGIUM PAINTED BY AMÉDÉE FORESTIER · TEXT BY GEORGE W. T. OMOND PUBLISHED BY A. & C. BLACK · SOHO SQUARE LONDON · W · MCMVIII
3. 3.Contents
4. 4.List of Illustrations
5. 5.BRUGES AND WEST FLANDERS
6. 6.BRUGES AND WEST FLANDERS CHAPTER I THE MARKET-PLACE AND BELFRY—EARLY HISTORY OF BRUGES — BRUGES A corner of the Market on the Grand' Place. — BELL-RINGER PLAYING A CHIME — BRUGES Porte d'Ostende.
7. 7.CHAPTER II BALDWIN BRAS-DE-FER—THE PLACE DU BOURG—MURDER OF CHARLES THE GOOD — BRUGES Rue de l'Âne Aveugle (showing end of Town Hall and Bridge connecting it with Palais de Justice). — BRUGES Quai du Rosaire.
8. 8.CHAPTER III THE BÉGUINAGE—CHURCHES—THE RELIC OF THE HOLY BLOOD — BRUGES The Béguinage. — BRUGES Quai des Marbriers.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV THE BRUGES MATINS—BATTLE OF THE GOLDEN SPURS — A FLEMISH YOUNG WOMAN — A FLEMISH BURGHER
10. 10.CHAPTER V DAMME—THE SEA-FIGHT AT SLUIS—SPLENDOUR OF BRUGES IN THE MIDDLE AGES— THE FALL AND LOSS OF TRADE — BRUGES Quai du Miroir.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI 'BRUGES LA MORTE' — BRUGES View of the Palais du Franc. — BRUGES Maison du Pélican (Almshouse). — BRUGES
12. 12.CHAPTER VII THE PLAIN OF WEST FLANDERS—YPRES — THE FLEMISH PLAIN — A FLEMISH COUNTRY GIRL — DUINHOEK Interior of a Farmhouse. — ADINKERQUE At the Kermesse. — A FARMSTEADING — YPRES Place du Musée (showing Top Part of the Belfry). — YPRES Arcade under the Nieuwerk.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII FURNES—THE PROCESSION OF PENITENTS — FURNES Grande Place and Belfry. — FURNES Peristyle of Town Hall and Palais de Justice. — NIEUPORT Interior of Church. — FURNES Tower of St. Nicholas. — FURNES In St. Walburge's Church.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX NIEUPORT—THE BATTLE OF THE DUNES — NIEUPORT A Fair Parishioner. — NIEUPORT Hall and Vicarage. — NIEUPORT The Quay, with Eel-boats and Landing-stages. — NIEUPORT The Town Hall. — NIEUPORT Church Porch (Evensong).
15. 15.CHAPTER X THE COAST OF FLANDERS — THE DUNES A Stormy Evening. — AN OLD FARMER — LA PANNE Interior of a Flemish Inn. — LA PANNE A Flemish Inn—Playing Skittles.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI COXYDE—THE SCENERY OF THE DUNES — COXYDE A Shrimper on Horseback. — COXYDE A shrimper — ADINKERQUE Village and Canal.
17. 17.EAST FLANDERS AND BRABANT
18. 18.CHAPTER XII GHENT — GHENT An old lace-maker. — GHENT The Banquet Hall, Château des Comtes. — GHENT Béguinage de Mont St. Amand. — GHENT The Arrière Faucille (Achter Sikkel). — GHENT The ruins of the cloisters of the Abbey of St. Bavon.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII THE DUKES OF BRABANT—THE JOYEUSE ENTRÉE—END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY — BRUSSELS Place de Brouckére. — BRUSSELS Entrance to the old church of the Carmelites.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV THE BOMBARDMENT OF 1695—THE GRANDE PLACE—CHURCH OF STE. GUDULE—CHARLES OF LORRAINE — BRUSSELS The Cathedral of Ste. Gudule.
21. 21.CHAPTER XV JOSEPH II. AND THE REVOLUTION OF BRABANT — BRUSSELS Old houses in the Grande Place.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI THE JACOBINS OF BRUSSELS—VISIT OF NAPOLEON—THE HUNDRED DAYS — BRUSSELS Rue de Namur. — WATERLOO The farm of La Belle Alliance and the mound surmounted by the Belgian lion.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT—THE REVOLUTION OF 1830
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII THE VICISSITUDES OF ANTWERP — ANTWERP The Cathedral—Chapel of St. Joseph. — ANTWERP The Vieille Boucherie. — ANTWERP Old houses in the Rue de l'Empereur. — ANTWERP Archway under the Vieille Boucherie. — ANTWERP The Concierge of the Musée Plantin-Moretus. — ANTWERP The Place Verte. — ANTWERP The Musée Plantin-Moretus (the Arrière Boutique). — ANTWERP The roadstead from the Tête de Flandre.
25. 25.LIÉGE AND THE ARDENNES
26. 26.CHAPTER XIX THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIÉGE — THE CHÂTEAU DE WAULSORT ON THE MEUSE — CHÂTEAU DE WALZIN, IN THE LESSE VALLEY
27. 27.CHAPTER XX EARLY HISTORY OF LIÉGE—BISHOP NOTGER—THE COURT OF PEACE — THE EPISCOPAL PALACE—OUTER COURT, LIÉGE — PONT DES ARCHES, LIÉGE — ESCALIER DE LA FONTAINE, LIÉGE — THE HOSPITAL, DINANT
28. 28.CHAPTER XXI THE DUKES OF BURGUNDY—DESTRUCTION OF LIÉGE BY CHARLES THE BOLD — LA MAISON CURTIUS, LIÉGE — LE ROCHER BAYARD, DINANT — OLD HOUSE OF THE QUAI DE LA GOFFE, LIÉGE
29. 29.CHAPTER XXII THE WILD BOAR OF ARDENNES — A PEASANT WOMAN OF THE ARDENNES — THE RIVER SAMBRE SEEN FROM THE PONT DE SAMBRE, NAMUR — LA GLEIZE, A VILLAGE IN THE ARDENNES
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIII ÉRARD DE LA MARCK—THE PRINCIPALITY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY — GENERAL VIEW OF DINANT — THE ROMANESQUE CHURCH, HASTIÈRE
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIV THE CHIROUX AND THE GRIGNOUX—THE TRAGIC BANQUET OF WARFUSÉE — LE PERRON LIÉGEOIS, LIÉGE — LA VIEILLE BOUCHERIE, LIÉGE — THE EPISCOPAL PALACE—INNER COURT, LIÉGE
32. 32.CHAPTER XXV THE GAMING-TABLES AT SPA—THE FRENCH REVOLUTION—ANNEXATION OF THE PRINCIPALITY — PONT DU PROPHÈTE, PROMENADE MEYERBEER, SPA WOODS
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVI LIÉGE AND THE VALLEY OF THE MEUSE IN MODERN TIMES—BOUILLON — PONT DE JAMBES ET CITADELLE, NAMUR — CHÂTEAU DE BOUILLON, IN THE SEMOIS VALLEY
34. 34.INDEX — Sketch Map of BELGIUM and part of HOLLAND

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