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Both the exterior and the interior are in the Gothic
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and René Buyck. The post office was opened in 1891, and the first part of the
Provinciaal Hof in 1892. The last parts of the buildings were finished in 1920.
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The building was used as the government meeting hall until 1999, and is now mainly a ceremonial building, and also used for exhibitions. In 2012, the
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building. From 1850 on, part of this was used to house the provincial government meetings, until it burned down in 1878. A replacement in
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