Plantijnhogeschool Van De Provincie Antwerpen / Campus Kronenburg

Plantijnhogeschool Van De Provincie Antwerpen / Campus Kronenburg is a college in Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders. Plantijnhogeschool Van De Provincie Antwerpen / Campus Kronenburg is situated nearby to Antwerp prison, as well as near Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Antwerp prison.

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Museum

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The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1810, that houses a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is situated 510 metres southwest of Plantijnhogeschool Van De Provincie Antwerpen / Campus Kronenburg.

Antwerp prison

Prison

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Antwerp prison is a nineteenth-century prison complex located at Begijnenstraat in the port city of Antwerp, Belgium. Built in the 1850s to plans by architect Joseph Jonas Dumont as part of Édouard Ducpétiaux’s modernisation of the Belgian penal system, it remains in use as Antwerp’s principal remand facility. Antwerp prison is situated 150 metres north of Plantijnhogeschool Van De Provincie Antwerpen / Campus Kronenburg.

Rubenshuis

Museum

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The Rubenshuis is the former home and workshop of Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp. Purchased in 1610, Rubens had the Flemish townhouse renovated and extended on the basis of designs by Rubens himself. Rubenshuis is situated 1 km northeast of Plantijnhogeschool Van De Provincie Antwerpen / Campus Kronenburg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zuid and Antwerp diamond district.

Zuid

Quarter

The Zuid is a southern neighborhood in the city center of Antwerp, abutting the Scheldt River. The Zuid had a revival in the mid-1980s and is now composed of buildings in the Art Nouveau and Modern architecture styles.

Antwerp diamond district

Neighborhood

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Antwerp's diamond district, also known as the Diamond Quarter, and dubbed the Square Mile, is an area within the city of Antwerp, Belgium. It consists of several square blocks covering an area of about one square mile.