Sujet
Area around Mechelen, Belgium 1622
Légende
Mechelen; French: Malines, English traditional name: ] is a Dutch-speaking city and municipality in the province of Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Mechelen proper, some quarters at its outskirts, the hamlets of Nekkerspoel (adjacent) and Battel (a few kilometers away), as well as the villages of Walem, Heffen, Leest, Hombeek, and Muizen. The Dijle flows through the city, hence the term 'Dijlestad' ("City on the river Dijle"). Mechelen lies on the major urban and industrial axis Brussels-Antwerp, about 25 km from each city. Inhabitants find employment at Mechelen's southern industrial and northern office estates, as well as at offices or industry near the capital and Zaventem Airport, or at industrial plants near Antwerp's seaport.
Mechelen is one of Flanders' prominent art cities, with Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, and Leuven. It was notably a centre for artistic production during the Northern Renaissance, when painters, printmakers, illuminators and composers of polyphony and were attracted by patrons such as Margaret of York, Margaret of Austria and Jeroen Van Busleyden
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Photo12/Universal Images Group
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UMG20A01_063
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58,1Mo (4,8Mo) / 43,2cm x 33,7cm / 5100 x 3981 (300dpi)