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Old Post Office

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Old Post Office

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Location: Ghent, Gent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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Katrien

August 28, 2021

A Louis XIV-style warehouse was demolished in 1897 on the site of this building. Originally, the construction of the new Flemish Theater was planned on this location, but this plan was cancelled. In 1896 the design assignment was assigned by J. Van den Peereboom, the then Minister of Railways, Post and Telegraaf, to the architect Louis Cloquet in collaboration with the provincial architect Stéphane Mortier. The building plan was finalized in 1898. The postal building itself was built between 1900 and 1908. It took until October 1910 before the postal services were transferred from the center of Ghent to the Korenmarkt. Two temporary post offices were opened on the occasion of the 1913 World's Fair.

In 1998 the building was sold by the Post Office. Then there was a shopping center on the ground floor with apartments above. Since the end of 2017, the upper floor has been furnished as a luxury hotel, while shops are located on the ground floor.
This impressive building is part of a zone formed by the Sint-Michielbrug, bordered by the Sint-Michiel house and the former postal building.

The building has been protected as a monument since 1999.

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Moin Weite Welt (Markus)

December 5, 2021

Very nice, large old post office building, which today houses a small market with a gastro area

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Kalki 〽️

March 29, 2024

Formerly the post office building and now a hotel and a shopping center.
Beautifully renovated!

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