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75Visiting the City Hall, Antwerp, Belgium: remarkable, Renaissance-style structure dating from the 16th century
Flag of Belgium Antwerp City Hall, Grote Markt, Antwerp This remarkable structure in Antwerp (Dutch: Antwerpen ) was commenced in 1561 and completed in 1564, during the reign of Spanish King Philip II, when what is now Belgium (Dutch: België ). ...
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71Battle of the Bulge: Operation Greif
A brief look at Operation Greif, a false flag operation conducted by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. German commandos attempted to infiltrate Allied lines by attempting to dress and act like Allied soldiers.
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67ANTWERPEN (Antwerp)
It was in the summer of 1971 that I went for the first time to Antwerp. Not to live there, just visiting. The city was recommended by friends who visited a couple of months earlier. About eight years later I moved to the town, which became one of my...
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78Battle of the Bulge: Kampfgruppe Peiper
A look at Kampfgruppe Peiper, an SS tank division that would be the spearhead of Hitler's assault through the Ardennes Forest during the Battle of the Bulge.
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64Discover Antwerp's structure on a northern Europe cruise
If you have an interest in architecture, you may want to think about reserving acruise that calls at Antwerp - a Belgian city crammed to the top with historic buildings that inform the story of the destination's fascinating history. A quick...
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89Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Path of the World's Deadliest Stones-- A Book Review
a review of one of the first books to expose the tragedy of conflict diamonds.
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78Visiting the astonishing Central Railroad Station, Antwerp, Belgium: masterpiece structure by Louis Delacenserie
Context and illusion speak volumes. Built in the years leading up to 1905, Louis Delacenserie's (1) extraordinary Neo-Renaissance structure, executed in stone, seems to be suggestive of a grand Eastern European synagogue or an opulent Orthodox...
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68Great Olympic Cities-Paris
Paris became the first city to host two Olympic Games, both vey contrasting in their own way.as wit all Olympic games there were great triumphs and of course controversies.
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74Visiting Antwerp, Belgium, and its Cathedral: a 16th century skyscraper tower looming over the Scheldt river
This remarkable building is a veritable skyscraper, 123 metres tall, from the 16th century. Hundreds of years on, its presence looms conspicuously over the Belgian city of Antwerp, in the Flemish region (Dutch: Vlaams Gewest ) and the adjacent...
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63ANTWERP - C(enter)O(f)W(orld) - PART 2
In part 1 of this series about Antwerp you were given the exact, scientific explanation how and why Antwerp became - and still is - the center of the world. Apart from this it's important to know that only people BORN in Anwerp are "Antwerpenaren"...
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