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Originally posted by Flatbutt1
Wow, nave and flying buttress construction I think. Amazing how the old world masons did this.
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the modern day cathedral is a remake, supposed to be in the old style , but still it was recreated after 14-18
here's a pic comparing the old with the new
the cathedral is the tower in the back, looks like the added some length in the remake...
you can see in the older version how the cloth halls worked
the ground floor has doors that opened up for trade, there' s also 2 center court(not visible, it's built in a triangle), and it's in 2 stories... and i'm talking very big ceilings too...
it was yer basic wallstreet of the middel ages, Linnen from Ypres was exported all over the place, England, even Russia, Ypres was a powerhouse back then...which explains why there is a Cathedral , they didn't build em in little villages...
the Cloth hall is now the Inflandersfields museum , regarding life at and behind the frontlines... focussing on the human struggle, not the generals, the cathedral is still in use as a church.. no longer as a factual cathedral
the smaller section of the cloth halls, close to the photographer is called "'t nieuwerck" or "the new works" and was added a lot later, it houses the offices of the mayor (the city workers are housed partly in the old cloth holds, the back section )