Article: By looking to the past, Ghent builds for future of tourism

Article: Saving Van Eyck: the very first article in the very first APOLLO, ...
Apollo;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... treasures. He went to the Bishop and to the Burgomaster of Ghent to decide with them what had best to be done, but both were ... Happily M. Van den Heuvel, a Minister of State, who resided in Ghent, was consulted by the Canon some days before the entry of the ...

Article: Ghent's gala City celebrates 500th birthday of Charles V
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 21, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... romantic visions of Charles V. Ghent does not live by classics alone ... to his reputation. It puts Ghent smack on the crest of an arts ... saint killing the dragon, Ghent's three medieval towers are ... on their way to venerate the Mystic Lamb was stolen, probably by a ...

Article: SHORT BREAKS: 48 HOURS IN Ghent Of the great Flemish ...
The Independent - London;  May 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... summer is a good time to visit Ghent. The university is still ... CAKE The crowning glory of Ghent is Jan van Eyck's Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, one of the outstanding masterpieces ... most convenient way to get to Ghent is by car. It is 90 minutes ...

Article: Hellbent in Ghent; Thought Ghent was just another ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  January 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... fruit and yoghurt. 10am: Ghent is small so you can see a lot ... s easy to explore some of Ghent's historic buildings. St ... Eyck's The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. e3.50 entrance. Noon ... wander down the quayside to Ghent's must-see bar - Belga ...

Article: Belgium's Ghent and Bruges: the Belle and the Bohemian.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  February 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... and BRUGES, Belgium _ Bruges and Ghent are forever linked, though they ... both basted with tourists (though Ghent a little less so) who clog their ... answer to his "Adoration of the Mystic Lamb in Ghent"), and photograph their stepped ...

Article: Well Ghent faces; I find my runaway parents in stunning ...
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  March 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... in town. The waterways in Ghent are one of the quickest ways ... boat hotel. Check out www.Ghent.be for other accommodation ... Eyck, The Adoration Of The Mystic Lamb. It has quite a history ... gruesome chamber of horrors. Ghent is far less touristy than Bruges ...

Article: travel: Culture clup; ANDREW NORMAN ON A CITY BREAK IN ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the historic Belgian city of Ghent. The treasures range in theme ... elegance. It's worth going to Ghent just for that, but there is ... art, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. You can tour on foot - nothing ... transport is something else Ghent seems to have got off to a ...