Historic sites in Flanders, Belgium

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Gravensteen and the Ghent Altarpiece, Ghent

Gent, East Flanders

Ghent is a lively university city with a medieval centre to rival Bruges.

Historic sites

Menin Gate and In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres

Ieper, West Flanders

Ypres (Ieper) was at the heart of the First World War battles in Flanders.

Historic sites

Begijnhof and Minnewater, Bruges

Brugge, West Flanders

The Begijnhof is a peaceful walled courtyard of white houses around a lawn of tall trees, founded in 1245 for the beguines, lay religious women.