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Stadhuis van Gent
The Ghent Town Hall, in the Dutch-speaking Stadhuis van Gent, is the historic seat of the Command of the Flemish City of Ghent. One of the finest public buildings in Flanders has two distinct parts erected at a distance of one hundred years from each other. The first Gothic wing started, the other in the Renaissance style. The town hall is made up of two distinctly joined parts, built in a dozen yards, in two different styles. Its particular diversity of buildings is due to the so-called Senlis Order, issued in 1301 by Philip IV the Beautiful, king of France during the French domination of Flanders. It provided for the powers to be separated between two colleges of shamrock, each occupying a separate building. Thus, the Schepenen van Keure (Card scapers) had administrative, financial and criminal matters; while the Schepenen van Gedele (Delegation scabies) played the role of a judge of peace, empowered only to deal with issues of succession and protection. It was precisely the scabies of the Charter commissioning a first construction, around 1100, which nowadays only remains the winery at the corner between Hoogpoort and Botermarkt, consisting of twice a Gothic crucifix supported by columns. The oldest part of the suburban complex is the old House of Paper built in 1482 and located in the center of the block, closed between other buildings and not visible from the street. It consists of two overlapping rooms where the ground floor is occupied by the Council Hall today. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the scabies of the Charter appealed to the great Flemish architects Rombout II Keldermans and Dominicus de Waghemakere to rebuild and expand the palace. The project was grand and started in 1518, was suspended already in 1539 due to the political and financial difficulties that Ghent faced, and at last it was only realized a quarter. Only the north wing on Hoogpoort and the corner on Botermarkt will be built in a refined and complicated flamboyant Gothic style that embellishes on the façade ornamental sculptures, reliefs, tunnels, a chapel and statues of the Counts of Flanders. In 1580, the shipyard re-started, beginning the development of the complex eastward, along the Hoogpoort, which saw the erection of the so-called Bollaertskamer, this time in Renaissance style. At the end of the sixteenth century, the delegation of the Delegation will renew and expand their palace. In fact, from 1595 to 1618 they made a sumptuous Botermarkt building on the south-facing corner. The three-story façades and large dormers open on the top of the roof are set on a cross-section of cross-sectioned windows crossed by capitals that in succession show Doric, Ionian and Corinthian order, depending on building levels . Inspired by the palaces of the Italian Renaissance. The work of this wing, however, is difficult and several architects follow, who will only complete it in the eighteenth century, with the southern facade on Poeljemarkt. the building will be restored in 1870 with the participation of the great Viollet-le-Duc who also restored the Council Room. Pacificatiezaal, the Hall of Tranquility. Clear Gothic Forms features a beautiful labyrinth floor of 1533. Arsenaalzaal, Arsenale Hall, from the ceiling to wooden beams. Chapel, Chapel, gothic gothic setting with beautifully curved keys. Cabinet van de burgemeester Cabinet of the Borgomastro, 1728. Troonzaal, Hall of the Throne, with great Renaissance times of 1634 on Gothic capitals. Ontvangstsalon, the Hall of the College of the Flemish States, the rich 17th-century marble fireplace from Gedelezaal, the Delegation's Sala di Scabini, the great Jan van den Steen 1668 fireplace.
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