Mechelen

Uit Mechelen Mapt, het vrije naslagwerk over Mechelen

Mechelen (French: Malines, German: Mecheln) is a city in Flanders, Antwerp province, and is located between Antwerp city and Brussels. The river which crosses the centre of Mechelen is called Dijle. Nowadays the city has about 80.000 inhabitants.

Mechelen has known a rich history and a short period in the 16th century (under Carl V and Margareth from Austria), the city was the capital of the Netherlands, dominating whole Flanders and Holland. Mechelen has the second largest number of protected buildings in Flanders.

Its beguinage, St. Rumoldus cathedral and its Giant parade are part of UNESCO world heritage. In the St. John church and Notre Dame church each, you can watch a painting from Pieter Paul Rubens.

The inhabitants's sobriquet is called the Maneblussers ("those who extinguish the moon").

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