TRAVELLIVE 3 - 2018

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TH°M NHÄ DANH HñA RUBENS (RUBENHUIS)
SËng gi˜a th’ k˚ 16-17, danh h‰a Peter Paul Rubens lµ mÈt h‰a s‹ nÊi ti’ng Î
Hµ Lan theo tr≠Íng ph∏i Baroque, vµ lµ mÈt ng≠Íi chu ∂nh h≠Îng tı danh h‰a
ng≠Íi ≥ Rafael. LÛc sinh thÍi, ng´i nhµ nµy nh≠ mÈt "l∑nh Æa" cÒa ring ´ng.
ß©y lµ n¨i ´ng sinh sËng vµ lµm vi÷c trong x≠Îng vœ, Æ„n nh˜ng Ưa con cÒa
m◊nh chµo ÆÍi vµ nh◊n chÛng lÌn ln. ß©y cÚng lµ n¨i ´ng ti’p Æ„n r†t nhi“u
kh∏ch qu˝, bao gÂm c∂ nh˜ng ng≠Íi trong hoµng tÈc.
C®n nhµ cÒa ´ng, nay lµ b∂o tµng Ruibenshuis, th” hi÷n ch›nh x∏c t›nh c∏ch vµ
con ng≠Íi cÒa Rubens: mÈt ng≠Íi hoπt ng´n vµ qu∂ng giao, th´ng thπo nhi“u
ng´n ng˜. Nh≠ng khi Î nhµ, ´ng chÿ lµ mÈt ng≠Íi Ƶn ´ng trung nin kh´ng
m≠u c«u g◊ h¨n s˘ yn †m cÒa gia Æ◊nh.
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Visit the Rubens House (Rubenhuis)
Peter Paul Rubens was a famous 16 th and 17 th century
Baroque painter from the Netherlands, and was a fan of
Rafael's, the Italian painter. In his day, this was the house
where Rubens created his masterpieces, watched his children
playing in the garden, and received his high, noble, and even
royal guests.
His home, now the Ruibenshuis Museum, accurately reflects
Rubens' quirky personality: a talkative, social, and multilingual
speaker, but at the same time a simple middle-aged man who
seeked nothing more than the peace of his own home.
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30 PH@T ô L¢U ßÄI HET STEEN
S∏t bÍ s´ng Scheldt lµ l©u Ƶi Steen (Het Steen trong ti’ng Hµ Lan). ß©y lµ c´ng tr◊nh ki’n trÛc
cÊ x≠a nh†t Î Antwerp, Æ≠Óc x©y d˘ng tı th’ k˚ th¯ 11. C„ lœ bπn Æang thæc mæc v◊ sao t´i lπi
dµnh ra 30 phÛt Î Het Steen? BÎi Î Æ©y c„ chi’c ÆÂng h c∏t cÊ x≠a nh†t th’ giÌi, vµ c∏t ch∂y
trong ÆÂng h ÆÛng 30 phÛt mÁi l«n! Ngay lËi vµo cÒa l©u Ƶi Het Steen lµ t≠Óng nam th«n
Semini, v th«n cÒa tuÊi trŒ vµ sinh s∂n, trong th«n thoπi Bæc ¢u. T≠¨ng truy“n nh˜ng ng≠Íi
phÙ n˜ Î Antwerp Æ“u Æ’n c«u kh»n Semini Æ” mong sÌm c„ con, vµ v◊ th’ ng≠Íi d©n Antwerp
tr≠Ìc Æ©y t˘ cho m◊nh lµ "con ch∏u cÒa Semini".
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Spend 30 minutes at the Steen Castle
On the Scheldt riverbank is the Steen Castle (Het Steen in Dutch). This is the oldest building in
Antwerp, built back in the 11 th century. Perhaps you are wondering why I spent only 30 minutes at
Het Steen. Here stands the oldest sand clock in the world with the sand flowing for exactly 30 minutes
each turn! At the entrance to Het Steen is a bas-relief of Semini, the Scandinavian God of youth and
fertility. It is said that the women of the town all appealed to Semini when they desired children, thus
inhabitants of Antwerp previously referred to themselves as "children of Semini".
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