the History has abandoned assemblage of traces on land of Belgium: medieval cities, campaniles, monasteries, centuries-old small streets, spikes of churches over each village, grey locks of times of heroes Duma and even epoch of crusades. In each of two tens known historical cities of Belgium there are ancient cathedrals or of a strong hold, locks or of a building of the medieval guilds storing memory of oof of medieval trading Flanders and vallonskih of counties.
the Oldest city of Belgium - Tongeren (it is known since I century of our era) - the former station on the Roman road with the Roman walls and a basilica of the Birth-Giver of God upbuilt in a round arched gothic, had in the south Arlon with the Roman tower (III century) and a cathedral St. Donata remind of an epoch of Roman empire.
the Feudal castle of count Gottfried (XI century) in the Broth, the Antverpensky fort (XII century), the count lock of nice Gent (XII a century), mortgaged still in H a century the lock of the Archbishop Liege and St. Varfolomey's Romanesque church (XII century) in Antwerp; a cathedral St. Gertrudy in Nivelle (XI-XIII centuries) contemplated troops of the knights departing to crusades.
Numerous monuments XIII-XV of centuries - the canal, the Market square and a cathedral of the Birth-Giver of God in Brugge, St. Michael cathedral and an urban town hall in Bruxelles, the trading square and a gothic town hall in Damme, a cathedral of the Birth-Giver of God in Dinante, lock Gerarda of the Devil, St. Nikolay's cathedral and the medieval centre in Gent, Lakenhalle - the most beautiful and biggest public gothic building of Europe builted in 1260 - 1304 and rebuilt after the First World War in Ieper, a cathedral church of St. Paul in Liege (this city has gained the name Northern Adzhny), a cathedral church St. Rombouta in Mechelen and others - witnesses of growth of medieval trading-craft cities.
Builted in XV-XVIII centuries the Royal palace and the Big square, the Palace of the nations in Bruxelles, the market, a town hall and a cathedral of the Birth-Giver of God in Antwerp, church of congregation St. Sulpitsija in Dieste, a majestic citadel in Dinante, a cathedral church St. Bavo, monastery Beginok in Gent, monastery Beginok in Luvene, the Trading square, walls and many buildings in Liege, a citadel in Namur - eyewitnesses of power of trading-craft cities of Flanders and the beginning of the greatest industrial revolution on this land.
Numerous buildings of last centuries and decades - result of creative searches of the Belgian architects. Museums of Liege, Gent, Bruxelles, Ieper, Antwerp store linens of the greatest artists (Matsis, Bregel, Rubens, Van-Dejk, Snejders, Mene, etc.) and numerous archeological finds - existence certificates in terrain of Belgium of the most ancient civilisation.
