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Interesting places in Diest:| Warande | Begijnhof Diest | |
Diest is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the city of Diest proper and the towns of Deurne, Kaggevinne, Molenstede, Schaffen en Webbekom. On January 1, 2006, Diest had a total population of 22,740. The total area is 58.20 km² which gives a population density of 391 inhabitants per km².
- The old Beguinage, beautifully restored, now with some art shops open in Summer.
- The main church, a beautiful example of "Demer Gothic", the "Demer" being the local small river.
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The Hidden Gateway
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This is a view of one of the city gates in the Belgia city of Diest. The city is located at a strategic location on the Demer river. Because of this, the city has been besieged and destroyed many times in its history and after each attack the city walls were rebuilt according to the latest technology. The last time this happened was after the war of independance against the netherlands. A long stretch of a 10 meter high double wall still stands and this gate is part of it. A traveler would pass the outer gate and enter this structure which protrudes from the outer wall and acts as a barbican for the gate complex and a bastion (you can see a number of casemates to the side). A tunnel would lead the traveler under the outer wall and to a bridge over the Demer river (which acted as a moat). On the other side of the river there was another similar complex defending the inner moat.
Quiétude.
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Ombre et lumière obliques en l'église Saint-Sulpice de Diest.
Stille Kempen
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Pilgrimages of Europe: Scherpenheuvel, Belgium
tree on the Scherpe Heuvel (pointed hill) between the villages of Aarschot and Diest. When he tried to pick up the statuette he stopped as if petrified
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Nearest places of interest:
| Sint-Germanuskerk Sugar Factory Schulensmeer Treinstation Sint-Truiden | Warande Begijnhof Diest kerk Blauberg Aarschot |
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