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St. Nicholas Church

The St. Nicholas Church is a church in the Belgian city of Sint-Niklaas.She is dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra, St. Barbara and St. John of Nepomuk.The church stands on the east side of the Grote Markt.Vijfbeukige This church is the main church of the deanery Sint-Niklaas and since 1971 protected.On May 25 1690 Sint-Niklaas was ravaged by a disastrous fire, which originated in a distillery in Lime Street.No fewer than 565 homes were destroyed.The roof and the tower of St. Nicholas Church were put ablaze.After many centuries the city grew and with it the decanale main church, dedicated to the patron saint of the city.

Mercator Museum

The Mercator Museum is a museum in the East Flemish town of Sint-Niklaas.The museum presents the complete history of cartography was revealed.The central figure is the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator, an instrument maker and engraver, who during his life as the Ptolemy of his time was considered.One learns all about the navigation techniques, to modern methods applied by the National Geographic Institute.Part of the museum is devoted to original 16th-century globes and atlases, from the Mercator rich collection of the Royal Archaeological Circle of the Waas.The highlights of the museum are two original globes of Gerardus Mercator.

Town Hall of Sint-Niklaas

The town hall of Sint-Niklaas is on the Grote Markt of the Belgian city of Sint-Niklaas.It had several phases of construction.The old neoclassical town hall burned in 1874 and was replaced by a stylish neo-Gothic building with a belfry (1876-1878) and was designed by the architect Ghent Pieter Van Kerckhove.It is a typical neo-gothic example of a mixture of an old Flemish gothic whole, with a carillon in the belfry (40 m) and at the corners of the non-functional pinnacles.The interior is decorated with polychrome murals in neo-Gothic style.Part of the urban cultural heritage, sculptures, paintings and engravings is permanently on display.A grand staircase leads to the big wedding hall, where views of the Grand Place.

St. Joseph Minor Seminary

The St. Joseph Minor Seminary is a Catholic college in the Belgian city of Sint-Niklaas.It was for decades the main board of the Episcopal Diocese of Ghent.Until the French Revolution (1789-1799) was the building a monastery of the Friars Minor-recolletten hence the dedication of the chapel of Saint Anthony.In 1808 the building was purchased by Bishop Maurice de Broglie who held a small seminar of it and expanded it considerably.The school later evolved from small seminary in preparation for the priesthood to a mixed school for secondary education.

Grote Market

The Market Square is a square in the center of the Belgian city of Sint-Niklaas.With its area of 3.19 hectares is known as the largest market of Belgium.The good relationship between the counts of Flanders and the St. Nicholas Parish was in 1248 sealed by a new donation of six acres of land.The deed of gift of 1248 was the birth of the Sint-Niklaas marketplace.Initially, the dries include services already meeting place of the tribunal, as a place where the counts of Flanders their oath as Lords of the Land of Waas and as a place where the linen was bleached.Emperor Maximilian granted only from 1513 officially patent for the weekly market on Thursday.

Salons of Fine Arts

Salons of Fine Arts in St. Nicholas are housed in a mansion in the Stationsstraat.The mansion belonged to textile manufacturer Edmond Meert.He left the building in 1928 to plans by the Antwerp architect P.Stordiau.In 1984 it was purchased by the city to make the urban art collections in to accommodate.Since 1988 it also established a museum to the public.It gives an overview of the history of art from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.In the first salon hang some works from the Renaissance and the Baroque, which Nero on the painting of Peter Paul Rubens after, belong to the bequest L.Verstraeten.These include a still life by Willem Heda, a self-portrait of Lambert Lombard, work by Sebastian Vrancx and Joos de Momper.

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