The Queen of Flanders is sent to Coventry
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The Queen of Flanders is sent to Coventry
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 3 Aug 2021
Het Spiegelpaleis Belgium - the Mirror Palace of Belgium - comes to town for the UK City of Culture events of 2021. It is seen here in the Assembly Festival Garden on the site of the demolished Civic Centre (the Magistrates' Court can be seen off to the right). Circolombia of Bogotá, a circus troupe from Colombia, are just beginning their performance inside. The Queen of Flanders is a modern, very large spiegeltent or mirror tent, built of wood and canvas and decorated inside with mirrors and stained glass. https://www.spiegeltent.be/mirrortent/queen-of-flanders Spiegeltents were developed in Belgium in the late 19th century as movable dance halls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiegeltent
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