Hotel De Zeevaartschool (Vlissingen, Netherlands)
is a fine example of a successful renovation and repurposing project involving immovable heritage: the former Higher Nautical College / Maritime Institute...
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1945-1955 Reconstruction
Canche Lighthouse (Le Touquet, France)
What Knokke is to the Belgian coast is Le Touquet, also called Paris-Plage (so in full this becomes Le Touquet-Paris-Plage -...
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Lange Nelle Lighthouse (Ostend, Belgium)
dates from 1949 and is 57.5 m high. That is relatively high. The staircase to the light source has 324 steps...
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Nieuwpoort Lighthouse (Lombardsijde, Middelkerke, Belgium)
is a concrete lighthouse 29 meters high. It dates from shortly after the Second World War and was built in the...
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St. Nicholas Church (Oostduinkerkle, Koksijde, Belgium)
It is a beautifully designed modern church. When you see it for the first time, you would think that...
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Command bunker (Kemmel, Belgium)
Until a few years ago, this was one of the most secret places in Belgium: during the Cold War, the...
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Hostellerie Kemmelberg (Kemmel, Belgium)
In the early 1950s, "Baron" (actually, that was "Jonkheer") Jacques Bruneel de la Warande decided to open Hostellerie Mont Kemmel...
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