Photos from Belgium & neighbourhood
Lier - Mechelen - Bruges - around Bruges - Ghent - Leuven - around Leuven - Brussels - around Brussels - Antwerp - around Antwerp - Zoutleeuw -
around Namur - Louvain-la-Neuve - Aachen - Coast - Breda - Maastricht - Roermond & neighbourhood - Eifel - Belgium 1920
Lier
Beguinage
Beguinage
Saint Gumarus church
Saint Gumarus church interior
Zimmer tower
Zimmer tower
The Jubel clock. From above clockwise:
1 - moon fases,
2 -cycle of Meton (phase of 19 year with 235 lunations or moon months,
(whereafter the phases of the moon coincide with the same days),
3 - epact (age of the moon on 1th of January, used to prescribe the date of Easter) and
time equation (the difference between the measured solar time and the real solar time; the solar time is as the sundial indicates,
which is unequal since the sun days are longer in Spring and Summer compared to Autumn and Winter)
4 - zodiac ,
5 - solar cycle of Schwabe (variations in the amount of solar spots) and the dominical letter (the letter indicates
witch day of January is the first Sunday of the year; combinations of letters indicate leap years)
6 - days of the week
7 - globe,
8 - months,
9 - date,
10 - saisons,
11 -tides,
12 - mooncycle.
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City hall
City hall Lier, interior
with the portrait of Felix Timmermans
Nete