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The Gravensteen from Sint-Veerleplein

circa 1895

The Gravensteen from Sint-Veerleplein
Foto: Photoglob Zürich, reprinted by Detroit Publishing Co. via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

The medieval Gravensteen castle looms over the moat just as massively here as it does today. The square in front was redesigned in the early twentieth century, but the fortress walls and battlements are unchanged.

Stand like this

Stand on Sint-Veerleplein with your back to the Kraanlei, roughly level with the old fish market, and frame the castle's main gate in the centre.

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