In the nearly six centuries since its completion in 1432, the Ghent Altarpiece, one of the world's most renowned works of art, has not exactly been a stay-at-home kind of masterpiece. It was taken apart and hidden twice in the 16th century to protect it from iconoclasts and Calvinists. It was hauled to Paris two centuries later as a war trophy. In...
PARIS -- The E3 Prijs Vlaanderen is not an especially prestigious bicycle race, just one of those Belgian semi-classics like Het Nieuwsblad, Dwars door Vlaanderen and Ghent-Wevelgem that lead to such cobblestoned monuments of the sport as the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix in April. Regardless of its slight stature, the E3 (named to celebrate...

For many people ''Swan Lake'' is synonymous with the very essence of ballet. The women, dressed all in white; the tale of enchantment; the heroine as alternately tragic victim and heartless seductress; the unfulfilled hero who seeks love and meaning -- all these elements point to ideas about romance and chivalry that are both central to the work...
Gent (fransk: Gand) er hovedstad i provinsen Østflandern i det nordlige Belgien. Indbyggertallet er pr. 1. januar 2008 på ca. 237.250 mennesker, og byen har et areal på 156,18 km².
I middelalderen var Gent en af de største europæiske byer, og var et af centrene i den flamske klædeproduktion, der aftog store mængder uld fra England. I dag ses sporene af den middelalderlige velstand i en række velbevarede middelalderlige bygninger.
De to tysk-romerske kejsere Karl 5. og Ferdinand 1. blev født i Gent.