The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie and in the late Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe with some 50,000 people in 1300. Today it is a busy city with a port and a university. (wiki)
15aug15. Ghent, Belgium.
Today the most beautiful city in the known universe. (Steven Hawking would agree 🙂 )