stadhuis

31 photos and 5 illustrations tagged stadhuis, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.

When were these photos & illustrations taken?

11
1870
2013

 

Where were these photos & illustrations tagged?

33% of these photos & illustrations are geotagged.

Tags that often appear on the same photos & illustrations:

Members using this tag

Photos & Illustrations

Show photos & illustrations photos (31) illustrations (5)

Photos & Illustrations tagged stadhuis:

Loading photos & illustrations…

See more on flickr.com →

Recent uploads

The last upload was November 2019.

Conversations

Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos & illustrations:

Town Hall, Louvain (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

[Brabo monument, Antwerp, Belgium] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Silvius Brabo was a mythical Roman soldier who killed a giant --the names of the cities Brabant and Antwerp are said to be references to the story: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvius_Brabo
  • Peter Yeung said:
    beatiful.
  • Maribelle71 said:
    this statue stands before the city hall of Antwerp. Notice Brabo holding a mutilated hand, ready to throw it away? Legends say that the city's name comes from this particular action: "hand" + "werpen (meaning to throw away)" = Antwerpen or in english, Antwerp. The hand is that of Antigoon, a giant who lived by the banks of the river Scheldt, collecting toll money from ships who sail up and down the river.
  • Luc Herman said:
    The artist who has made the scuplture - it is a fountain - was Jef Lambeaux, born in Antwerp. In the background you can see one of the old 16th century guild houses. On top there is a statue of Saint-George (Sint-Joris) killing the dragon. This statue was also created by Jef Lambeaux and thus many years younger than the buikding itself.

Library -- Louvain (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Carl Guderian said:
    The library and much of the city of Louvain was set on fire by the occupying Germans in a five-day fit of paranoia between 25 and 30 August 1914, following a failed counterattack by Belgian forces from Antwerp. The library was only rebuilt in 1921, so that should narrow it down a bit. As these things go, yesterday I found this photo, dated 22 Sept 1914, for sale online: Link (won't be there much longer).
  • Hiring Librarians said:
    Thanks for sharing this photo, I appreciate being able to get a sense of history. Just wanted to let you know I used it on my blog here: hiringlibrarians.com/2012/05/16/answer-in-a-pithy-manner/
  • Viejito said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_libraries_in_Leuven#The_Li...
  • Carl Guderian said:
    Hiring Librarians That's perfectly OK!
  • Carl Guderian said:
    Viejito Thanks for that. It's also a relief to find out that most of the good stuff survived the fire because it had been looted by Napoleon in 1797 and returned, presumably per the Congress of Vienna of 1815, to other institutions in Belgium.