MUSIC from THE KIOSK...
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Ostend, Flanders, Belgium, in the middle of the Market Square.
It was the last Sunday of our holiday in Flanders last Summer, we walked along the quay, onto the promenade and down the street to the Market.
People were already gathering on the terraces to listen to the evening concert from the Kiosk.
It will be the last Summer-concert, it is the City Brass Band of Ostend. We sit and wait.
What joy, so beautiful and fun. Before it is over, we photograph them from all sides.
I grew up with this, family members, long gone stood there listening too! Mmmm
The octagonal music kiosk has been around since the late 19th century.
Until the year 1894, music was played on the Wapenplein around the big lantern.
In 1893 , a number of residents of the square filed a petition to get a permanent music building.
After consultation with the city council, contractor Léon Pannier was commissioned to build a fixed kiosk for the sum of 12,100 francs, designed by the city architect.
On Sunday, June 2, 1895, the music company Euterpe officially opened the new kiosk, which was not yet fully completed.
During both World Wars, much destruction was caused in the city center by the violence of war.
The town hall, library and archive did not withstand the rain of bombs.
After the Second World War, several attempts were made to demolish the kiosk, but in the 1970s the building was to be protected.
Since 1981, the kiosk on Wapenplein has been a recognised and protected monument by royal decree.
The kiosk designed by city architect Theobald Van Hille is built in an eclectic style.
It rests on an octagonal bluestone pedestal.
The slender, double-row cast iron columns and wrought iron balustrades above them come from a kiosk in the second Kursaal in the middle of the concert hall to improve the acoustics.
The dome is in turn made of zinc-coated wood and equipped with a lightning rod.
The four winches on the dome each bear the name of a composer: Grétry (Belgium), Wagner (Germany), Rossini (Italy) and Gounod (France).
The kiosk is a typical example of late 19th century - early Belle Epoque architectural style.
I wish you a day full of beauty and thank you for your visit, Magda, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
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MUSIC from THE KIOSK...
#AbFav_PHOTOSTORY
#AbFav_STREETS_and_SQUARES_OF
Ostend, Flanders, Belgium, in the middle of the Market Square.
It was the last Sunday of our holiday in Flanders last Summer, we walked along the quay, onto the promenade and down the street to the Market.
People were already gathering on the terraces to listen to the evening concert from the Kiosk.
It will be the last Summer-concert, it is the City Brass Band of Ostend. We sit and wait.
What joy, so beautiful and fun. Before it is over, we photograph them from all sides.
I grew up with this, family members, long gone stood there listening too! Mmmm
The octagonal music kiosk has been around since the late 19th century.
Until the year 1894, music was played on the Wapenplein around the big lantern.
In 1893 , a number of residents of the square filed a petition to get a permanent music building.
After consultation with the city council, contractor Léon Pannier was commissioned to build a fixed kiosk for the sum of 12,100 francs, designed by the city architect.
On Sunday, June 2, 1895, the music company Euterpe officially opened the new kiosk, which was not yet fully completed.
During both World Wars, much destruction was caused in the city center by the violence of war.
The town hall, library and archive did not withstand the rain of bombs.
After the Second World War, several attempts were made to demolish the kiosk, but in the 1970s the building was to be protected.
Since 1981, the kiosk on Wapenplein has been a recognised and protected monument by royal decree.
The kiosk designed by city architect Theobald Van Hille is built in an eclectic style.
It rests on an octagonal bluestone pedestal.
The slender, double-row cast iron columns and wrought iron balustrades above them come from a kiosk in the second Kursaal in the middle of the concert hall to improve the acoustics.
The dome is in turn made of zinc-coated wood and equipped with a lightning rod.
The four winches on the dome each bear the name of a composer: Grétry (Belgium), Wagner (Germany), Rossini (Italy) and Gounod (France).
The kiosk is a typical example of late 19th century - early Belle Epoque architectural style.
I wish you a day full of beauty and thank you for your visit, Magda, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Ostend, kiosk, music, musicians, instruments, people, flowers, terraces, buildings, market, square, architectureBelgium, Flanders, colour, Nikon D7200, magda indigo