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Article: The art of Belgium is on display Even getting stuck on a royal roof can't deter a determined visitor
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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OSTENDE, Belgium -- The royal gallery that runs along the beach in
this seaside resort is a stately piece of architecture. An elevated
colonnade, it joins a large and lovely manse where the Belgian royals
still like to repair in season, and the Thermae Palace Hotel, where I
recently stayed, very much out of season.
The Thermae Palace is a turn-of-the-century pile that's a bit
ragged around the edges but an impressive example of neoclassicism
nonetheless. It's huge. The trek from the lobby to my room in a
distant corner of the building was daunting, so to exit one evening I
took the fire escape that was conveniently located just outside my
door. The stairs led down to the roof of the royal ...