Oud Postgebouw - Gent, Belgium
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The 52 meter high steeple is part of the national monument The Old Post Building in the city center of Gent.
Waymark Code: WM16TA6
Location: Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Date Posted: 10/01/2022
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The city center of Gent has many beautiful buildings. The Old Post building on the Korenmarkt is one of them. The building was a post office until 1998. On the north side of building is a nice clock tower steeple. The steeple is 52 meters high.
"The building plan was finalized in 1898. The postal building itself was built between 1900 and 1908. It took until October 1910 before the postal services were transferred from the center of Ghent to the Korenmarkt. Two temporary post offices were opened on the occasion of the 1913 World's Fair.
In 1998 the building was sold by the Post Office. Then there was a shopping center on the ground floor with apartments above. Since the end of 2017, the upper floor has been furnished as a luxury hotel, while shops are located on the ground floor. This impressive building is part of a zone formed by the Sint-Michielbrug, bordered by the Sint-Michiel house and the former postal building.
The building has been protected as a monument since 1999."
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