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Grote Markt (Aalst)
The Grote Markt (Dutch language, Dutch, , Brabantian dialect, Aalsters: Groeite Mert; meaning "Big Market") is the central Town square, square of Aalst, Belgium, Aalst, East Flanders, Belgium. The Schepenhuis, Aalst, Schepenhuis (Aldermen's House), the Town Hall, the Beurs van Amsterdam and the Herberg Graaf van Egmont are located there. The Grote Markt is an UNESCO buffer zone as well, thanks to the Schepenhuis. The large square is broken by the protruding position of the Aldermen's House and the Herberg Graaf van Egmont, and is partly divided into several parts. The square behind the Aldermen's House (on Kattestraat) and the connecting street to Hopmarkt and Nieuwstraat are also referred to as part of the Grote Markt. The statue of printer Dirk Martens is also located on the square. The Grote Markt witnessed many tragic events unfold during its history. In 1524, the first female Protestant martyr Clara 't Roen was executed on the square. More than two centuries later, in 1748 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schepenhuis, Aalst
The ''Schepenhuis'' (Aldermen's House) of Aalst, Belgium, is a former city hall, one of the oldest in the Low Countries. Dating originally from 1225, it was partially rebuilt twice as a result of fire damage, first after a 1380 war and again after a fireworks accident in 1879. The belfry tower at one corner of the building was completed in 1460, and in the next year was equipped with a carillon built by master craftsmen from Mechelen. The current carillon, the sixth installed since the original, has 52 bells. Inscribed on the tower are the Latin words ''nec spe, nec metu'' ("not with hope, not with fear"). This was the motto of Spain's Philip II, whose domain expanded into the Low Countries in 1555. A small wing of late Gothic style, facing the market square and adorned with five life-size statues, was added in the 16th century. From this annex one can access the cellars, which originally served as torture chambers. The ''schepenhuis'' with its belfry is one of an ensemble of r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan De Lichte
Joannes "Jan" De Lichte (7 April 1723 – 13 November 1748) was an 18th-century Flemish outlaw and gang leader. Motivated by poverty during the upheavals of the Austrian War of Succession (1740–48), de Lichte led a gang of bandits who committed burglaries, robberies, and several murders in Flanders. Captured and executed in 1748, he was subsequently rehabilitated in the fictional works of Louis Paul Boon in 1958 and has subsequently inspired a sculpture and film series. Biography Jan De Lichte was born on 7 April 1723 in Velzeke in the County of Flanders to an impoverished peasant family with a long criminal history. In 1737, he was arrested for the first time in Wetteren for theft. He enlisted in the Austrian and later Dutch armies but deserted from both and began a life of criminality. The Austrian War of Succession started in 1740 and lasted until 1748. In 1743, De Lichte and his gang shot at two pilgrims in Zottegem during a robbery. Between 2 and 22 June 1744, the army of Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streets In Aalst, Belgium
Streets is the plural of street, a type of road. Streets or The Streets may also refer to: Music * Streets (band), a rock band fronted by Kansas vocalist Steve Walsh * ''Streets'' (punk album), a 1977 compilation album of various early UK punk bands * '' Streets...'', a 1975 album by Ralph McTell * '' Streets: A Rock Opera'', a 1991 album by Savatage * "Streets" (song) by Doja Cat, from the album ''Hot Pink'' (2019) * "Streets", a song by Avenged Sevenfold from the album ''Sounding the Seventh Trumpet'' (2001) * The Streets, alias of Mike Skinner, a British rapper * "The Streets" (song) by WC featuring Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg, from the album ''Ghetto Heisman'' (2002) Other uses * ''Streets'' (film), a 1990 American horror film * Streets (ice cream), an Australian ice cream brand owned by Unilever * Streets (solitaire), a variant of the solitaire game Napoleon at St Helena * Tai Streets (born 1977), American football player * Will Streets (1886–1916), English soldier and poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squares In Belgium
In Euclidean geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral, which means that it has four equal sides and four equal angles (90-degree angles, π/2 radian angles, or right angles). It can also be defined as a rectangle with two equal-length adjacent sides. It is the only regular polygon whose internal angle, central angle, and external angle are all equal (90°), and whose diagonals are all equal in length. A square with vertices ''ABCD'' would be denoted . Characterizations A convex quadrilateral is a square if and only if it is any one of the following: * A rectangle with two adjacent equal sides * A rhombus with a right vertex angle * A rhombus with all angles equal * A parallelogram with one right vertex angle and two adjacent equal sides * A quadrilateral with four equal sides and four right angles * A quadrilateral where the diagonals are equal, and are the perpendicular bisectors of each other (i.e., a rhombus with equal diagonals) * A convex quadrilateral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aalst Town Hall (born 1966), Dutch computer scientist
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Aalst may refer to: * Aalst, Belgium, a city and municipality in Belgium * Aalst, Buren, a village in the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland * Aalst, North Brabant, a village in the Netherlands, in the province of North-Brabant * Aalst, Zaltbommel, a village in the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland * ''Aalst'' (play), by Pol Heyvaert People with the name * Everard Aalst (1602–1657), Dutch painter * Roy van Aalst (born 1983), Dutch politician * Wil van der Aalst Willibrordus Martinus Pancratius van der Aalst (born 29 January 1966) is a Dutch computer scientist and full professor at RWTH Aachen University, leading the Process and Data Science (PADS) group. His research and teaching interests include inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatrical Troupe
Theatrical troupe (French: ''troupe''), sometimes referred to as an acting company, is a group of theatrical performers working together. They may work in repertory other types of theatres, and may take performances on tour. They are not the same as a theatre company, which is an organisation that produces theatrical performances, although there is sometimes an overlap in terminology. The troupe is termed a resident acting company (or resident company) if they are supported by a particular theatre, where they have a home base, such as the Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, Connecticut, United States The State Theatre Company of South Australia, whose home base is at the Adelaide Festival Centre, is referred to as the resident artistic company. Troupes are frequently organised by theatre practitioners (e.g. Bertolt Brecht's Berliner Ensemble or Tadeusz Kantor's Cricot 2). The membership can be divided into permanent or temporary as, for example, in the Comédie-Française (Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day Of The Flemish Community
The Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium ( nl, Feestdag van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap) is an annual commemoration in the Flemish Community in Belgium on 11 July which marks the anniversary of the Battle of the Golden Spurs (''Guldensporenslag'') in 1302. History In 1302 the French king Philip IV sent an army to punish the Flemish citizens of Bruges, who earlier that year rebelled against the king and attacked the French governor of Flanders (the so-called Good Friday of Bruges). The French army was composed of about 2,500 knights and squires, supported by about 5,500 infantry. The Flemish, in contrast, fielded a town militia force of 9,000 consisting mostly of infantrymen. The two forces clashed on 11 July in an open field outside the Flemish city of Kortrijk and the battle ended with the overwhelming victory of the Flemish militia. The commander of the French army, Robert II of Artois, was surrounded and killed on the battlefield. At least a thousand French cavaliers were also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Het Laatste Nieuws
''Het Laatste Nieuws'' (; in English ''The Latest News'') is a Dutch-language newspaper based in Antwerp, Belgium. It was founded by Julius Hoste Sr. on 7 June 1888. It is now part of DPG Media, and is the most popular newspaper in Flanders and Belgium. History and profile The liberal Julius Hoste Sr. founded the newspaper on 7 June 1888 five days before the Belgian elections. With his newspaper he wanted to support the Liberal Party in the upcoming elections and on the other side the Flemish movement in Brussels, a city which was dominated by francophone bourgeois (''Franskiljons''). The newspaper supported the cause of the '' Gelijkheidswet'' (E: equality law between French and Flemish in Belgium), the rescue of the ''Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg'' (KVS) (E: Royal Flemish Theatre) in Brussels and the election of the first Flemish, liberal, Ghent municipal governing board in 1907. Its liberal character, anti-francophone stance and support for the Flemish movement were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Belgium
The COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Belgium on 4 February 2020, when one of a group of nine Belgians repatriated from Wuhan to Brussels was reported to have tested positive for the coronavirus. Transmission within Belgium was confirmed in early March; authorities linked this to holidaymakers returning from Northern Italy at the end of the half-term holidays. The epidemic increased rapidly in March–April 2020. By the end of March all 10 provinces of the country had registered cases. By March 2021, Belgium had the third highest number of COVID-19 deaths per head of population in the world, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. However, Belgium may have been over-reporting the number of cases, with health officials reporting that suspected cases were being reported along with confirmed cases. Unlike some countries that publish figures based primarily on confirmed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnival Of Aalst
The Carnival of Aalst (Dutch: ''Carnaval Aalst'', local dialect: ''Carnaval Oilsjt'') or Aalst Carnival is an annual three-day event in the Belgium, Belgian city of Aalst, Belgium, Aalst that was removed as a UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity amid controversy over the use of anti-Semitic stereotypes in 2019 during the carnival and in its promotional materials, in addition to previous controversies. It was the first time anything was removed of UNESCO's Intangible Heritage of Humanity. The carnival is celebrated in the days preceding Ash Wednesday. It is mainly a street happening; the celebrants dance on the city squares and visit café after café. History The Aalst carnival has its origin in the Middle Ages. Cavalcades were held since 1851, yet without organisation by the city council. Only the events starting from 1923 are counted as official editions, as that was when Aalst city council began to organize the parade. In 2010 the Aalst carnava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara 't Roen
Clara 't Roen (died 1524, Aalst, Imperial Flanders), was a Flemish Lutheran. In 1524, she was convicted of heresy and burned alive at the Grote Markt, the main square in Aalst, Belgium. She was the first woman to be executed in the Southern-Netherlands (modern day Belgium) for being a Protestant. A wheat beer Wheat beer is a top-fermented beer which is brewed with a large proportion of wheat relative to the amount of malted barley. The two main varieties are German ''Weizenbier'' and Belgian ''witbier''; other types include Lambic (made with wild ... has been named after Clara 't Roen. In 2020, it was decided the city of Aalst is going to name a street after her. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Roen 1524 deaths 16th-century executions People executed for heresy People executed by burning Victims of the Inquisition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
