Stadhuis en Belfort Groote Markt 1 Sluis Netherlands
Status: Construction Dates Began 1390 Finished 1393
Building Uses - city hall - monument Structural Types - tower
Heights Value Source / Comments Spire 121 ft Skyscrapercity.info
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Description Architects: • Elias Canneman • (rebuild) • This building has the only belfry, with carillon of 48 bells, in the Netherlands.
• During the 15th century the city hall was enlarged.
• Destroyed by fire in 1393, the city hall was rebuilt in 1396.
• In 1944, the city hall was completely razed by Allied bombings and artillery fire and was severely damaged by French artillery fire in 1794. • Wikipedia Entry (Dutch) • Google Search
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