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5 days ago · The city of Arras is well known for its architecture, culture, and history. It was once part of the Spanish Netherlands, a portion of the Low Countries controlled by Spain from 1556 to 1714. Louis XIII reconquered Arras in 1640; the town officially became part of France in 1659.
4 days ago · The story of the Grand Place begins in the 11th century when it served as a humble marketplace for the nascent city of Brussels. Situated along the Causeway, a major trade route connecting the County of Flanders to the prosperous Rhineland region, the square quickly became a hub for commerce and social interaction (Janssens, 2018).
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1 day ago · Most of modern Belgium was in the Middle Kingdom, later known as Lotharingia, but the coastal county of Flanders, west of the Scheldt, became the northernmost part of West Francia, the predecessor of France.
4 days ago · Calais was improved by the Count of Flanders in 997 and fortified by the Count of Boulogne in 1224. The first document mentioning the existence of this community is the town charter granted by Mathieu d'Alsace, Count of Boulogne, in 1181 to Gerard de Guelders; Calais thus became part of the county of Boulogne.
2 days ago · Philip was thus given the dynastic title Count of Flanders in 1840. This was a reference to the old County of Flanders, which emerged in 865 when a knight who eloped with a French king’s daughter was given the title of count and a plot of swampy land.
1 day ago · Another clifftop village in France worth visiting is the medieval village of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie. Located in the Lot department in southwestern France, this village is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France, an independent association created in 1982 to promote small rural villages with cultural significance.
1 day ago · Located in the Lot department in southwestern France, this village is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France, an independent association created in 1982 to promote small rural villages with ...
