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Cloth hall, the Glossary

A cloth hall or linen hall (Gewandhaus; Sukiennice; Halle aux draps; Lakenhal) is a historic building located in the centre of the main marketplace of a European town.^[1]

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

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Antoing

Antoing (Antweon) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

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Antwerp

Antwerp (Antwerpen; Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.

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Belfry of Ghent

The Belfry of Ghent (Belfort van Gent) is one of three medieval towers that overlook the old city centre of Ghent, Belgium; the other two belonging to Saint Bavo Cathedral and Saint Nicholas' Church.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Bergen op Zoom

Bergen op Zoom (called Berrege in the local dialect) is a city and municipality in southwestern Netherlands.

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Boschstraatkwartier

The Boschstraatkwartier (Boschstraotkerteer) is a neighbourhood in the old city centre of Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands.

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Braunschweig

Braunschweig or Brunswick (from Low German Brunswiek, local dialect: Bronswiek) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser.

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Bruges

Bruges (Brugge; Brügge) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

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Castlebar

Castlebar is the county town of County Mayo, Ireland.

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Clonakilty

Clonakilty, sometimes shortened to Clon, is a town in County Cork, Ireland.

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Dendermonde

Dendermonde (Termonde) is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium.

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Deventer

Deventer (Sallands: Daeventer) is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands.

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Diest

Diest is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.

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Dordrecht

Dordrecht, historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland.

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Drapery Court of Brussels

The Drapery Court (French: Gilde Drapière or Tribunal de la Draperie, Dutch: Lakengilde) also called the Chamber of Commerce in the eighteenth century, was one of the oldest and most influential institutions of the City of Brussels during the Ancien Régime and was abolished during the French occupation of Brussels.

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Echt, Netherlands

Echt is a city in the Dutch municipality of Echt-Susteren in the province of Limburg, Netherlands.

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Encarta

Microsoft Encarta is a discontinued digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft from 1993 to 2009.

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Geel

Geel is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp, which acquired city status in the 1980s.

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Gewandhaus

Gewandhaus is a concert hall in Leipzig, the home of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

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Ghent

Ghent (Gent; Gand; historically known as Gaunt in English) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Groenburgwal

The Groenburgwal is a canal in Amsterdam that connects the Raamgracht with the Amstel.

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Halen

Halen, formerly Haelen (Hôle), is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, to the west of Hasselt.

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Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England.

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Hasselt

Hasselt is a Belgian city and municipality.

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Heestert

Heestert is a village in the south of the Belgian province of West Flanders and since 1976 has been part of the Zwevegem municipality.

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Herentals

Herentals is a city in the province of Antwerp.

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Kontor of Bruges

The Kontor of Bruges was the Hanseatic kontor, one of the Hanseatic League's four major trading posts, in Bruges, County of Flanders.

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Kortrijk

Kortrijk (Kortryk or Kortrik; Courtrai; Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray, is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders.

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Kraków

(), also spelled as Cracow or Krakow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland.

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Kraków Cloth Hall

The Kraków Cloth Hall (Sukiennice), in Lesser Poland, dates to the Renaissance and is one of the city's most recognizable icons.

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Langemark

Langemark is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders, and a subdivision of the municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England.

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Leiden

Leiden (in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.

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Leipzig

Leipzig (Upper Saxon: Leibz'sch) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony.

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Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany.

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Leuven

Leuven, also called Louvain (Löwen), is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Lier, Belgium

Lier (Lierre) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

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Linen Hall Library

The Linen Hall Library is located at 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Linen Quarter, Belfast

The Linen Quarter is an area of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Linenhall Arts Centre

Linenhall Arts Centre (Ionad Ealaíon Halla an Línéadaigh), formerly Castlebar Town Hall (Halla an Bhaile Caisleán an Bharraigh), is a municipal building in Linenhall Street, Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland.

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Linenhall, Dublin

Linenhall is an area in the north inner city of Dublin, Ireland which was previously the site of a complex of buildings and streets associated with the linen trade.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Maaseik

Maaseik (Mezeik) is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg.

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Maastricht

Maastricht (Mestreech; Maestricht; Mastrique) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.

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Mechelen

Mechelen (Malines; historically known as Mechlin in EnglishMechelen has been known in English as Mechlin, from where the adjective Mechlinian is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical context. The city's French name, Malines, had also been used in English in the past (in the 19th and 20th centuries); however, this has largely been abandoned.

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Medieval architecture

Medieval architecture was the art of designing and constructing buildings in the Middle Ages.

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Middelburg, Zeeland

Middelburg is a city and municipality in the south-western Netherlands serving as the capital of the province of Zeeland.

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Museum De Lakenhal

Museum De Lakenhal is the city museum of fine art and history in Leiden, Netherlands.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Nijmegen

Nijmegen (Nijmeegs: italics) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole.

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Old University of Leuven

The Old University of Leuven (or of Louvain) is the name historians give to the university, or studium generale, founded in Leuven, Brabant (then part of the Burgundian Netherlands, now part of Belgium), in 1425.

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Oudenaarde

Oudenaarde (Audenarde; in English sometimes Oudenarde) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders.

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Oudenaarde Town Hall

The Town Hall (Dutch) of Oudenaarde, East Flanders, Belgium, is a landmark building and the seat of that city.

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Piece Hall

The Piece Hall is a Grade I listed building in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

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Poznań

Poznań is a city on the River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region.

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Poznań Old Town

Poznań Old Town is the centermost neighbourhood of the city of Poznań in western Poland, covering the area of the once walled medieval city of Poznań.

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Renaissance architecture

Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloth_hall

Also known as Lakenhal, Linen hall, Linenhall.

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