“Hver flamsk bør komme her mindst én gang”: dé tip fra forfatter Bart Van Loo. Dette “ursted” ligger i Gent, i Coyendansparken, en grønne flade mellem Dampoort og Portus Ganda. Tæt ved strømmer Leie ud i Schelde. Og det oldgermanske ord for ‘sammenløb’ er ‘Ganda’. Nærmere rødderne af Gent kan du næppe komme.
“I storhedstiden i den sene middelalder levede der næsten 70.000 mennesker i Gent,” siger Bart Van Loo. Nu er de naturligvis mange flere – omkring 270.000. Men på den tid var det enormt mange. “Især hvis du sammenligner med Amsterdam, der svingede mellem 1.000 og 3.000 indbyggere. Flandern er Silicon Valley i sin tid. Og Gent er den vigtigste by. Vi står her i Manhattan i den sene middelalder.”
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