3D print the Belfry of Ghent
A free, printable model of the Belfry of Ghent, a tall tower with rows of narrow windows and a pinnacled spire, among the densely packed buildings of the old town, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Belfry of Ghent
The Belfry of Ghent is one of three medieval towers overlooking the old city center of Ghent, Belgium, the others being Saint Nicholas' Church and Saint Bavo's Cathedral. At 91 meters (299 ft) it is the tallest belfry in Belgium. With its attached buildings, it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site that groups the Belfries of Belgium and France.
Construction began in 1313 to a design by the master mason Jan van Haelst, whose plans are kept in the Ghent City Museum. Work went on in fits and starts through wars, plagues and political turmoil and was finished in 1380. A gilded dragon was placed on top in 1377. The upper parts were rebuilt several times, partly to hold a growing number of bells, and between 1911 and 1913 a stone spire, inspired by the original 14th-century design, replaced an iron one.
Over the centuries the belfry served as a bell tower announcing the time and warnings, as a fortified watchtower, and as the place where documents evidencing municipal privileges were kept. Its alarm bell Roland was installed in 1325 and was also the hourly bell from 1378. Pieter and François Hemony, bellfounders, built the carillon in the 17th century, and it reached 53 bells following a restoration in 1982.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 24 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 31 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 39 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Pinnacled spire and top figure
- The slim spire is ringed by small pinnacles and topped by a small figure. Print friendly adapts these to the print scale; Full detail keeps them. Printing slowly with good cooling helps the tip.
- Rows of narrow windows
- Rows of narrow pointed windows run up the shaft. A larger print and layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm keep them crisp.
- One piece with the ground
- The Belfry of Ghent is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Belfry of Ghent takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Belfry of Ghent is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Belfry of Ghent STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Belfry of Ghent grows with the print: about 24 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
