architecture

Cloth Hall

Ghent, Flanders, Belgium

Lakenhal [Dutch]

Architecture

built
1425-1445
culture
style/period
work type
1445–1613
form/concept
technique
architect / constr. phase
1425-1445
Construction of only 7 of the building's originally planned 11 bays due to a lack of funds
1654
temporary wooden cladding that enclosed the seventh bay replaced by a brick wall
1892-1903
restauration based on original plans, including addition of the missing 4 bays

Specifications

area
583 m²
stories (above ground)
3

Geography

local language location name
location:
Gent [Dutch]
Gand [French]
country:
België [Dutch]
Belgique [French]
Belgien [German]
historical affiliations

UNESCO World Heritage Site

type
cultural
criteria
II, IV
designation
reference
943bis-008