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'Highways and Byways, or Tales of the Roadside picked up in the French Provinces by a Walking Gentleman,’ 1823, 2 vols.; 2nd series, 1825, 3 vols., and 3rd series, 1827, 3 vols. 'The History of Switzerland' (anon.), 1825. 'Ben Nazir, the Saracen, a Tragedy,’ 1827. 'Traits of Travel, or Tales of Men and Cities,’ 1829, 3 vols.
In Bruges, the Procession of the Holy Blood (Heilig Bloedprocessie) is held on Ascension Day each year, during which a relic—a rock-crystal vial allegedly found in 1148 during the Second Crusade by Derick of Alsace (the Count of Flanders) which is believed to contain the blood of Christ—is paraded round the city. [11]
The Groeningemuseum, Dijver 12, Bruges Jan van Eyck's The Madonna with Canon van der Paele is one of the masterpieces of the museum Joseph Denis Odevaere, Lord Byron on his Death-bed The Groeningemuseum is a municipal museum in Bruges , Belgium, built on the site of the medieval Eekhout Abbey .
Bruges had a strategic location at the crossroads of the northern Hanseatic League trade, who had a kontor in the city, and the southern trade routes. Bruges was already included in the circuit of the Flemish and French cloth fairs at the beginning of the 13th century, but when the old system of fairs broke down, the entrepreneurs of Bruges ...
The Procession of the Golden Tree (Dutch: Praalstoet van de Gouden Boom) or Pageant of the Golden Tree (Dutch: Gouden Boomstoet) is a historical pageant held in Bruges, Belgium, every five years to commemorate the celebrations held there in July 1468 for the wedding of Charles the Bold and Margaret of York. It has been organised since 1958. [2]
His two daughters lived at Bruges. The earliest documentation of the Holy blood relic dates from 1256. [3] In 2015 the procession was cancelled, a few hours before it was scheduled to start, due to bad weather. [4] In 2020 it was cancelled from health concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]
At the end of the 18th century, the French occupiers of Bruges threw out the bishop of Bruges and destroyed the Sint-Donaaskathedraal, which was his residence. [2] In 1834, shortly after Belgium's independence in 1830, a new bishop was installed in Bruges and St. Salvator's Church obtained the status of cathedral. However, the building's ...
The GR footpaths are a network of long-distance walking trails in Europe, mostly in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain. They go by the following names: French: sentier de grande randonnée , West Flemish: Groteroutepad , Dutch : Langeafstandwandelpad , Spanish: sendero de gran recorrido , Portuguese : percurso pedestre de grande rota ...
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