Byloke. GHENT. 6. Route. 1

b. The Western and Southern Quarters of the City.

On the right bank of the Coupure (p. 55), to the W. of the Palais
de Justice, is the Casino (Pl. B, 4,5), built by L. Roelandt in 1835
(concerts in the large garden, see p. 54). The Casino belongs to the
3otanical Society (Maatschappy van Kruidkunde) and is chiefiy
used for the famous flower-shows of Ghent, which were established
3 and take place twice a year. —In the smal] square in front
‘asino is a monument, by H. Leroy (1893), to the Flemish

   

composer, K. Miry.

Opposite the Casino, to the N.W., rises the Maison de Force (Rasp-
huis; Pl. A, B, 4), a prison formerly of Buropean celebrity. The
building was erected under Maria Theresa in 1773, and enlarged in
1825. — Near this is another prison, the Maison de Streté (Pl.
A, 4), dating from 1862.

A pleasant walk ascends hence along the Coupure to the S.E.,
to the Byloke (see below).

From the Palais de Justice (p. 70) three streets — the Rue Basse
des Champs (Pi. C, 5), the Rue de Courtrai (Pl. C, 5, 6), and the
Chaussée de Courtrai (Pl. C, B, 6, 7) — lead through the Sourm
Quanrer of the city to the station of Gand-St-Pierre Gk Bees
tramway No. 4, p. 54). — In the Rue Plateau, near the S. end of
the Rue Basse des Champs, rises the —

Institut des Sciences (Pl. C, 5, 6), completed in 18590 after
plans by Ad. Pauli and covering over 31/9 acres of ground. It
contains the lecture-rooms and laboratories of the university faculty
of physical science and of the technical schools connected with the
university (Ecole du Génie Civil and Ecole des Arts et Manufactures).

To the W. of the Institut is the Pont du Pain-Perdu (Verloren-
Broodbrug ; PJ. C, 5), a bridge crossing the Lys. The Quai de la
Biloque leads hence to the left, past several institutes belonging to
the university, to a group of buildings generally named Byloke or
Biloque, after an abbey founded here in the 13th century. These
include the Civil Hospital ( Hépital Civil; PJ. B, ©, 6) and a Hospice
for Old Men (Oudemannekenhuis ; Pl. B, 0, 6). Visitors are admitted

only by permission of the Director (entr., Rue Kluyskens 265).
Concealed by the new buildings are the Gothic Abbey Church (13th
cent.), with an elegant double gable and a huge timber roof, like
an inverted ship’s hull, and the House of the Sisters of Charity, a
brick edifice of 1666. The former Refectory (14th cent.), the Gothic
brick *Gable of which is visible from the street, belongs to the Old
Men’s Hospice (entr., Boul. des Hospices 2; small gift expected).
In the interior of the refectory, which is divided by a structure of
1745 with a tastefal stucco ceiling, the ribs of the almost unaltered
timber roof still retain the original colouring (red, yellow, blue,
and white). On the end-walls are damaged frese oes of the 44th
cent,: onthe W., John the Baptist with the Lamb and St. Christopher;
on the E., Christ blessing the Madonna (best light in the morning).

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