Historical landmark
Rabot
Fortified fifteenth-century sluice gate with twin sandstone towers, built to mark a failed siege.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Rabot in Ghent starts in June 1488, with an imperial army camped at Evergem and every man in the city between seventeen and seventy out digging. It turns on a piece of medieval water engineering, the timber stop-gate that gave this spot its name, and on how a city ring of canals and sluices could matter more than its walls. Stand on the field side, facing the two sandstone towers.
This audio guide was created using AI.