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ALOST (Flem. Aalst)

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 721 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ALM-ANC
ALOST (Flem. Aalst) , a town of Belgium, in the province of
East
  Flanders, situated on the left bank of the Dender; the ancient
capital
  of what was called Imperial Flanders. Pop. (1897) 28,771; (1904) 31,655. Flanders in the feudal period was a fief of the king of Francethe
count
  of Flanders being the first of the twelve peers of France; but there was a small strip
extending from
Alost
  to the isles of Zeeland, designated Imperial Flanders, of which the
count
  was the vassal of the Holy Roman emperor. Attached to the hotel de ville is a fine belfry of the 15th century, but unfortunately it was seriously damaged by fire in 1879. In the
church
  of St Martin, dating from 1498 but unfinished, is a fine
Rubens
 . The subject is St
Roch
 , the patron saint of lepers, and the colouring of the scaly skin of the leper in the forefront of the picture is generally regarded as one of the master's most striking effects. The
work
  was painted to the order of the Brewers' Gild in (it is said) eight days. It was outside
Alost
  that William Clito, grandson of William the Conqueror, who was then endeavouring to establish his claims as count of Flanders, was mortally wounded in 1128. Of all the claims Alost possesses to fame perhaps the most remarkable is that Thierry Maartens (c. 1474) set up there one of the first printing presses in Europe. Alost is famous to-day for its hop gardens and linen-bleaching establishments. The meadows
south
  of Alost are often covered with the linen undergoing the process of bleaching, which makes them assume the aspect of a whitish-blue
carpet
 .


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