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GHENT, BELGIUM WALKING PATCH |
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Send $2.50 per patch to: |
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SHAPE Neighborhood Girl Scouts |
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Attn: Patch Program Coordinator |
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Unit 21420 |
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APO AE 09705 |
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*Before the trip, pack a compass to take readings. |
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Ghent's medieval treasures are an integral part of a dynamic urban center where the Middle Ages blend right into the 20th Century. Ghent is the second largest port in Belgium, today. This Flemish city began as an abbey founded by St. Bavon, about 630 AD. A castle was built in the 9th Century. The rivers Leie and Lieve allowed the town to become a growing textile industry by the 13th Century. The Spaniards came to power in the 16th Century. After the Industrial Revolution, the cotton-spinning machinery helped to revive this industrial city. Ghent has a true connection with American history, for it is here that the treaty ending the War of 1812 was negotiated and signed. |
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Start at: Bij St. - Jacobs |
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Go to: #l St. Baafskathedraal |
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Take a compass reading of your direction._____________ Enter the cathedral & look at |
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the alter. This magnificent Gothic structure, built between the 13th and 15th centuries is renowned throughout the world for its art treasures. |
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Go to: #5: Belfort |
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You may enter & climb the Belfort. It contains one of the best carillons in Belgium. |
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Head toward St. - Nicklaaskerk. What 2 things are between the Belfort |
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St. - Nikiaaskerk?____________________________________________________ |
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Standing at the fountain take a compass reading of McDonalds:____________________ |
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Go to: #3 St.- Michaels's Bridge |
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From the bridge take a look at the three towers. What is on the top of the Effort? ___________________________________________________________________ |
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Now go across the bridge & take the steps (on the right) down the canal. |
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Go to # 7 Korenlei |
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Look at the buildings along the canal. What's over the fourth doorway in front of the |
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tower with the clock on it?_______________________________________________ |
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When you get to Burgstraat, go east. |
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Go to: #2 Gravensteen |
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Enter the castle known as the Castle of the Counts. From the main watch-tower, what is |
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the compass reading to the entrance? ______________________________________ |
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Why do you think the castle was built here? ___________________________________________________________________Find the out-houses. What room is above the entrance?_________________________ |
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The answer from above was next to what?___________________________________ |
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From the top of the tower, what building is at 184 degrees?______________________ |
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Looking out the window of the assembly room, for the council of Flanders, what building is south? _____________________________________________________________ |
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Go to: #12 Museum van Volskunde |
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Enter the museum. When leaving the theater, what does the word (Uitgang) mean? ___________________________________________________________________ |
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In the shoe makers room, which pair of shoes would fit your foot___________________ |
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How many doll's are in the case?___________________________________________ |
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After your have finished in the museum, head for the Vrijdagmarkt. You will cross a bridge, look at it. Can you see what it does?__________________________________ |
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Now continue on to the Vrijdagmarkt. In the center of the market is a statue with shields on it. Look at the shields. Identify some of the guilds and list them: ________________ |
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Information Desk is at the Town Hall in the Crypt. |
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Admissions vary depending on size of group and ages. |
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Recommend call before visiting (Country Code 32) (091) 25.36.41 |
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