Vrijdagmarkt
Historic market square ringed by guild houses, centred on a bronze statue of a medieval rebel leader.
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This guide to the Vrijdagmarkt in Ghent follows Jacob van Artevelde, the weaving magnate whose bronze statue stands at the centre of the square, and the fourteenth-century wool crisis that made him captain of the city. It touches a fled count, an English king, and the opening of the Hundred Years' War. Stand facing the statue so you can follow the line of his arm.
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