Belfry of Ghent

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belfry bell tower medieval tower

The Belfry of Ghent is a medieval UNESCO-listed bell tower in Ghent, Belgium, renowned as a symbol of the city’s civic independence and Gothic architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Belfry of Ghent canonical 6

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf belfry ⓘ
bell tower ⓘ
medieval tower ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
medieval Gothic ⓘ
citySymbolOf Ghent NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionEnd 1380 ⓘ
constructionStart 1313 ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
contains treasure chest of city charters (historically) ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
function bell tower ⓘ
symbol of civic independence ⓘ
watchtower ⓘ
hasPart attached cloth hall ⓘ
carillon ⓘ
clock ⓘ
dragon weathervane ⓘ
former city jail ⓘ
observation platform ⓘ
stone spire ⓘ
hasView panoramic view over Ghent ⓘ
height approximately 91 meters ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criteria (ii) and (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
protected monument in Belgium ⓘ
locatedIn Flemish Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of East Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
historic city center of Ghent ⓘ
location Ghent NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
near Saint Bavo's Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Nicholas' Church, Ghent NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor Gothic stone tower ⓘ
historic carillon bells ⓘ
medieval civic architecture ⓘ
owner City of Ghent NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Belfries of Belgium and France serial property NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicAccess yes ⓘ
symbolizes autonomy of the medieval city of Ghent ⓘ
civic liberties of Ghent ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1999 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus part of Belfries of Belgium and France ⓘ
usedFor announcing public events ⓘ
defensive lookout ⓘ
marking time ⓘ
sounding alarms ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belfries of Belgium and France → hasPart → Belfry of Ghent ⓘ
Gravensteen castle → nearbyAttraction → Belfry of Ghent ⓘ
subject surface form: Gravensteen
Saint Nicholas' Church → locatedNear → Belfry of Ghent ⓘ
subject surface form: Saint Nicholas' Church (Ghent)
Graslei and Korenlei → viewOf → Belfry of Ghent ⓘ
Ghent City Hall → locatedNear → Belfry of Ghent ⓘ
Saint Bavo's Cathedral → locatedNear → Belfry of Ghent ⓘ