Antwerpen

Antwerp is the capital of the in the region of in . At a population of just over half a million people, it is the second largest city in Belgium, and it has a major European port.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lightship and Antwerp City Hall.

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A lightvessel, or , is a ship that acts as a lighthouse in areas deemed unsuitable for proper lighthouse construction. Although some records exist of fire beacons being placed on ships in Roman times, the first modern was invented by Robert Hamblin in 1734 and was located off the sandbank at the mouth of the in , .

Town hall
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The City Hall of , , stands on the western side of that city's Grote Markt. Erected between 1561 and 1565, after designs made by Cornelis Floris de Vriendt and several other architects and artists, this Renaissance building incorporates both Flemish and Italian influences. is situated 5 km south of Antwerpen.

Church
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The is a Roman Catholic cathedral in , . Today's seat of the Diocese of Antwerp started in 1352 and, although the first stage of construction was ended in 1521, has never been fully completed. is situated 6 km southeast of Antwerpen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beveren and Ekeren.

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is a municipality of 48,000 people between and in , . The municipality comprises the towns of proper, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene.

Town
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is a northern district of the municipality of in the Flemish Region of . The suburb celebrated its 850th birthday in 2005; the name of the town was first mentioned in 1155, as "Hecerna".

Antwerpen

Latitude
51.2663° or 51° 15′ 59″ north
Longitude
4.3708° or 4° 22′ 15″ east
Population
526,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
9F36798C+G8
Geo­Names ID
2803139
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Antwerpen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أنتفيرب”
  • Aragonese: “Provincia dAnvers”
  • Armenian: “Անտվերպեն”
  • Basque: “Anberesko probintzia”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Антверпен”
  • Bulgarian: “Антверпен”
  • Catalan: “Província dAnvers”
  • Cebuano: “Antwerpen”
  • Chinese: “安特衛普省”
  • Czech: “Antverpy”
  • Dutch: “Antwerpen”
  • Esperanto: “Antverpeno”
  • Estonian: “Antwerpeni provints”
  • Finnish: “Antwerpenin provinssi”
  • French: “Anvers”
  • Galician: “Provincia de Antuerpen”
  • Georgian: “ანტვერპენის პროვინცია”
  • German: “Antwerpen”
  • Greek: “Αμβέρσα”
  • Icelandic: “Antwerpen-hérað”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Anversa”
  • Japanese: “アントウェルペン州”
  • Kölsch: “Antvärrpe”
  • Korean: “안트베르펜 주”
  • Latin: “Antverpia”
  • Latvian: “Antverpene”
  • Limburgan: “Antwerpe”
  • Lithuanian: “Antverpenas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Antwerpen”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Antwerpen”
  • Marathi: “अँटवर्प”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Antwerp Séng”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Província dAnvèrs”
  • Persian: “استان آنتورپ”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Antwerpia”
  • Portuguese: “Antuérpia”
  • Russian: “Антверпен”
  • Serbian: “Антверпен”
  • Serbian: “Провинција Антверпен”
  • Slovak: “Antverpy”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Amberes”
  • Thai: “มณฑลแอนต์เวิร์ป”
  • Ukrainian: “Антверпен”
  • Urdu: “اینٹورپ”
  • Vlaams: “Antwerpn”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ انٹیورپ”

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