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Former Post Office.

Former Post Office.

Built in 1894 as a post, telegraph and telephone office inn neo-Gothic or neo-Flemish-Renaissance.
It is monumental corner building with an L-shaped pla...
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Built in 1894 as a post, telegraph and telephone office inn neo-Gothic or neo-Flemish-Renaissance.
It is monumental corner building with an L-shaped plan and a walled courtyard. The corners are marked by a watch tower and the characteristic telegraphy tower, approximately 38 meters high.
It was the first postal building in Belgium to house the three post, telegraphy and telephone services in one complex.
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camera

DMC-ZS10

settings

Aperture 5/1 ISO 100 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 187/10

location

location

Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, BE

upload_date

upload_date

Jan, 2022

Views

138

Likes

+53

Awards

People's Choice in My kind of architecture Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+25

Absolute Masterpiece

+1

Superb Composition

Top Choice

Magnificent Capture

All Star

Outstanding Creativity

Emotions

Impressed

Happy

Categories

Architecture

Platinum

Splendid capture and ornate building! I wouldn’t have ever guessed this was/is a post office.

PRO

Thanks. Me neither.

Platinum

Wat weer een pracht en praal

PRO

En dat voor gewoon een postkantoor. 😏

Zo bouwen ze, ze niet meer😉

PRO

Postkantoortje op de hoek. 😏

congratulations on gaining People's Choice in my challenge. Well done

PRO

Thank you very much, also for hosting the challenge. 😊

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