Desteldonk, Mendonk and Sint-Kruis-Winkel

Mendonk is a village in the Belgian Province of East-Flanders, a part of the urban area of the province's capital city Ghent. It is situated near the canal that connects the cities of Ghent and Terneuzen, which puts Mendonk in the middle of an industrial area. Desteldonk is a parish in the...

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Desteldonk, Mendonk and Sint-Kruis-Winkel

Mendonk is a village in the Belgian Province of East-Flanders, a part of the urban area of the province's capital city Ghent. It is situated near the canal that connects the cities of Ghent and Terneuzen, which puts Mendonk in the middle of an industrial area. Desteldonk is a parish in the municipality of Ghent in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The first historical record of Desteldonk dates back to 967.

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The Church of Our Lady

The Church of Our Lady in Bruges, Belgium, dates mainly from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. Its tower, at 115 metres (377 ft) in height, remains the tallest structure in the city and the second tallest brickwork tower in the world. The altarpiece of the large chapel in the southern aisle enshrines the most celebrated art treasure of the church—a white marble sculpture of the Madonna and Child created by Michelangelo around 1504. Probably meant originally for Siena Cathedral, it was purchased in Italy by two Brugean merchants, the brothers Jan and Alexander Mouscron, and in 1514 donated to its present home. The sculpture was twice recovered after being looted by foreign occupiers—French revolutionaries c. 1794 and Nazi Germans in 1944. Close to the Michelangelo statue important Brugeans are buried such as Françoise de Haveskercke, buried next to her husband in the black tomb of the Haveskercke family on the right side of the statue.

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