Vlaeykensgang
Hidden sixteenth-century alley of cobbled lanes and courtyards, saved from demolition in the 1960s.
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This guide to the Vlaeykensgang in Antwerp follows a hidden sixteenth-century alley of cobbled lanes and tiny courtyards, home for centuries to cobblers and some of the city's poorest people. It turns on the nineteen sixties, when the crumbling houses had a future planned for them by the city, and on the young antiques dealer who walked in. Best heard standing in one of the small courtyards, with the cathedral tower just overhead.
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