Ghent

Ghent In 867 Baldwin Iron Arm(the first count of flanders) built a castle.

A town soon grow around the castle.

Cloth trade soon florished.

Within a century it became an industrial town.

Ghent is now the leading industrial ceter and a major port.

Cathral of Saint Bavo is said to be one of the greatest wors of ark ever created.

Ghent was ruled by guilds from 1300-1400's.

Germany occupied Ghent in both world wars.

The four cheif guilds where shearers, dyers, fullers, and weavers

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