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Permanent exposition on the world of cacao and chocolate, rich assortment of bean to bar chocolate and other cacao and chocolate products. Gemeentemuseum Weesp [39] Weesp. Netherlands. Local history museum with large collection of chocolate cups and Van Houten memorabilia. Nederlands Bakkerij Museum [40] Hattem.
Antwerp ( / ˈæntwɜːrp / ⓘ; Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə (n)] ⓘ; French: Anvers [ɑ̃vɛʁs] ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third largest city in Belgium by area at 204.51 km 2 (78.96 sq mi) after Tournai and Couvin. With a population ...
Belgian chocolate ( French: Chocolat Belge, German: Belgische Schokolade, Dutch: Belgische Chocolade) is chocolate produced in Belgium. A major industry since the 19th century, today it forms an important part of the nation's economy and culture . The raw materials used in chocolate production do not originate in Belgium; most cocoa is produced ...
Chocolat Jacques. Chocolat Jacques is a Belgian firm that was founded in Verviers in 1896, by Antoine Jacques (1858-1929). [1] [2] Production was later moved to Bruges and Eupen in the east of Belgium, where its headquarters have also been located since 1923. [2]
Brands of Belgian chocolate and pralines, like Côte d'Or, Neuhaus, Leonidas and Godiva are famous, as well as independent producers such as Burie and Del Rey in Antwerp and Mary's in Brussels. Belgium produces over 1100 varieties of beer. The Trappist beer of the Abbey of Westvleteren has repeatedly been rated the world's best beer.
1999 (23rd Session) The Cathedral of Our Lady ( Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium. Today's see of the Diocese of Antwerp started in 1352 and, although the first stage of construction was ended in 1521, has never been 'completed'. In Gothic style, its architects were Jan and Pieter Appelmans.
Brands of Belgian chocolate and pralines, like Côte d'Or, Neuhaus, Leonidas and Godiva are famous, as well as independent producers such as Burie and Del Rey in Antwerp and Mary's in Brussels. Belgium produces over 1100 varieties of beer. The Trappist beer of the Abbey of Westvleteren has repeatedly been rated the world's best beer.
History An Aztec woman generates foam by pouring chocolate from one vessel to another in the Codex Tudela. The cacao tree is native to the Amazon rainforest. The cocoa bean was first domesticated at least 5,300 years ago, in equatorial South America from the Santa Ana-La Florida (SALF) site in what is present-day southeast Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe Province) by the Mayo-Chinchipe culture ...