The Nazis hid looted art in salt mines at Altaussee such as the Ghent Altarpiece.

Interesting highlights are the Saint Bavo Cathedral with the Ghent Altarpiece, the belfry, the Gravensteen castle, and the splendid architecture along the old Graslei harbour.

Jan van Eyck, " Knights of Christ " ( detail of the Ghent Altarpiece ).

One of Jan's most famous works, the Ghent Altarpiece, is believed to be a collaboration between the two, begun c. 1420 by Hubert and completed by Jan in 1432.

Foremost among these is the Ghent Altarpiece painted for Jodocus Vijdts and his wife Elisabeth Borluut.

* Closer to Van Eyck ( The Ghent Altarpiece in 100 billion pixels )

Shortly afterwards, he began his only surviving documented work, the Ghent Altarpiece in the Saint Bavo Cathedral.

Writing in 1933, art historian Bryson Burroughs, who at that time attributed to Hubert the Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych and whom he describes as " the fountainhead of northern painting ", suggests he did the underdrawing for the Ghent Altarpiece with Jan painting in after his brother's death.

Given the circumstances, the Ghent Altarpiece is a difficult work to use for comparison when assessing other attributions, especially as several other artists from the brothers ' workshops probably worked on it as well.

The division of surviving works between Hubert, early Jan van Eyck, and other painters has been the subject of great debate among art historians, involving the Ghent Altarpiece, the Turin-Milan Hours and other pieces.

The van Eycks ' Ghent Altarpiece, then as now famous as a supreme example of Early Netherlandish painting and already a major tourist attraction, just restored in 1550, was saved by dismantling it and hiding it in the cathedral tower.

The panel from the Ghent Altarpiece known as The Just Judges.

Clamence then relates the story of how a famous fifteenth-century painting, a panel from the Ghent Altarpiece known as The Just Judges, came into his possession.

The full story of the Ghent Altarpiece and the " Just Judges " panel, along with its role in Camus ' novel, is told in Noah Charney's 2010 book, Stealing the Mystic Lamb: the True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece.

Finally, Clamence employs the imagery of the Ghent Altarpiece and The Just Judges to explain his self-identification as a " judge-penitent ".

* the Ghent Altarpiece ( 1432 ) by Hubert and Jan van Eyck

The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb ( Dutch: Het Lam Gods or The Lamb of God ; completed 1432 ) is a very large and complex Early Flemish polyptych panel painting which is considered to be one of Belgium's masterpieces and one of the world's treasures.

Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, with gushing blood, detail of the Ghent Altarpiece by Jan Van Eyck.

" Christ King ", a detail from Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece ( 1432 )

* 1432 in art-Jan van Eyck completes Ghent Altarpiece

" The Ghent Altarpiece: The Adoration of the Lamb " ( interior view ) painted 1432 by Jan van Eyck.

* Ghent Altarpiece, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck

Opened view of the Ghent Altarpiece: Jan van Eyck ( 1432 ).

* The Ghent Altarpiece, completed in 1432 by Hubert van Eyck and Jan van Eyck

* Ghent Altarpiece, a very large and complex Early Netherlandish polyptych panel painting which is considered to be one of Belgium's masterpieces and one of the world's treasures

A 2005 study by researchers at Ghent University in Belgium showed that subclinical iron deficiency ( anemia ) was a strong predictor of bacterial vaginosis in pregnant women.

With 240, 191 inhabitants in the beginning of 2009, Ghent is Belgium's second largest municipality by number of inhabitants.

Ghent was occupied by the Germans in both World Wars but escaped severe destruction and was liberated by the British 7th Desert Rats Armoured Division on September 6, 1944.

Important museums in Ghent are the Museum voor Schone Kunsten ( Museum of Fine Arts ), with paintings by Hieronymus Bosch, Peter Paul Rubens, and many Flemish masters ; the SMAK or Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst ( City Museum for Contemporary Art ), with works of the 20th century, including Joseph Beuys and Andy Warhol ; and the Design Museum with masterpieces of Victor Horta and Le Corbusier.

* Ghent has an extensive web of public transport lines, operated by De Lijn:

In the Belgian first football division Ghent is represented by K. A. A.

Nineteenth century industrialisation did not affect the traditional urban infrastructure, except in Ghent (...) Also, in Wallonia the traditional urban network was largely unaffected by the industrialisation process, even though the proportion of city-dwellers rose from 17 to 45 per cent between 1831 and 1910.

The spread of Methodism in the Canadas was seriously disrupted by the War of 1812 but quickly gained lost ground after the Treaty of Ghent was signed in 1815.

Meanwhile the army marched by Cassel, Ypres and Bruges, before laying siege to Ghent.

Signing of the Treaty of Ghent ( 1812 ), by A. Forestier in ca.

They were married in Ghent on 18 August 1477, and the marriage was ended by Mary's death in a riding accident in 1482.

* In Ghent, first recorded instance of emission of life annuities by a town in the Low Countries, this event confirms a trend of consolidation of local public debt in north-western Europe initiated in 1218 by Rheims.

He became court painter to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, settling in Ghent by c. 1420.

The Count of Flanders controlled a number of old Roman cities ( Boulogne, Arras, Cambrai ) as well as some founded by the Carolingians ( Valenciennes, Saint-Omer, Ghent, Bruges ).

In this he was aided by the expansion of the Three Members-a parliament consisting of representatives from the towns of Bruges, Ghent and Ypres-to the Four Members through the addition of the rural area Franc of Bruges

Political dissent was also firmly controlled, most notably in his place of birth, where Charles, assisted by the Duke of Alva, personally suppressed the Revolt of Ghent in mid-February 1540.

Immediately after her wedding, she journeyed with her stepdaughter Mary through Flanders, Brabant and Hainaut, visiting the great towns: Ursel, Ghent, Dendermonde, Asse, Brussels, Oudenaarde and Kortrijk were all impressed by her intelligence and capability.

She strongly advised Mary to accept Maximilian's suit, and marry him immediately ; he arrived in Burgundy on 5 August 1477, and by 17 August had arrived at Ten Waele Castle, in Ghent.

Hendrik III of Nassau-Breda was appointed stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland by Charles of Ghent in the beginning of the 16th century.

Terneuzen is not linked to the rest of the Netherlands by rail-although the Dow Chemical plant is served by a freight only line to Gent / Ghent in Belgium ( Terneuzen's passenger rail service was withdrawn in 1951 ).