The Rabot, with its two round towers is a sliuce gate. The name comes for the French for "closing down", rabattre, which refers to the movement of the beams. A plaque reminds visitors that this is where the people of Ghent defeated the army of the German Emperor in 1488.
The Graslei, which used to be known as the most beautiful street in Europe, was a whaet trading centre. The central house, de Spijker, in Roman style, dates from 1200. Alongside it stands the Guildhouse (1526) and the small house of the Tonlieu that was home to the tax collector (1682)
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