Mechelen Metal Print

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Mechelen Dyle river, 15th century crow-stepped gable
Typical view of the historical city of Mechelen.
Mechelen ( French Malines, German Mecheln, traditional English Mechlin) is a city and municipality in the province of Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium.
The city still has lots of medieval buidings and played an important role in the the Low Countries and Europe, especially in the 15th century.
Mechelen is or was famous for its laken (woollen cloth), tapestries, cordwain, Mechlin lace (precious bobbin lace, already from the early 18th century), wood carving and sculpturing, and furniture.
Mechelen was at the heart of the revival of the carillon in the early 20th century, and hosts its principal school in the world to this day.
It is also the home of the gothic St. Rumbold's Cathedral and the palace of Archduchess Margaret of Austria, where Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, spent some time in his youth

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