• 3. Climb the Tower: St. Bavo's Cathedral is home to a 97-meter tall tower, and visitors can climb the tower to get a stunning view of Ghent.
  • The Saint Bavo Cathedral (also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral, or the Dutch Sint Baafskathedraal) is the seat of the diocese of Ghent.
  • When the Diocese of Ghent was founded in 1559, the church became its Cathedral. The church of Saint Bavo was also the site of the baptism of Charles V.
  • In addition to the Ghent Altarpiece, there are 21 other altars in the cathedral. St. Bavo's Cathedral can be called a treasury, where sacred works of art are collected.
  • The cathedral looks like a large mass of white stone from which spiers and the high portico tower of the facade stand out. ... St. Bavo Cathedral, Ghent.
  • St Bavo's Cathedral. Ghent Cathedral was built in its present form in the 13th century, but the oldest mention of the church dates back to the 10th century.
  • The Saint Bavo Cathedral (also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral, or the Dutch Sint Baafskathedraal) is the seat of the diocese of Ghent.
  • St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent. Website:http://users.skynet.be/sintbaafskathedraal-gent/. View Larger Map.
  • ...also called the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, is a very large and complex 15th-century polyptych altarpiece in St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium.
  • The Saint Bavo Cathedral (also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral, or in Dutch Sint Baafskathedraal) an 89m-tall Gothic cathedral in Ghent, Belgium.