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This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. M. Museums in Bruges (6 P) S. Squares in Bruges (3 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Bruges"
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.
This connects the house to the adjacent Church of Our Lady, Bruges. [1] In 1596, the house was bought by Philip II of Spain and in 1623 given to Wenceslas Cobergher to house the Bruges mount of piety. The city of Bruges bought the house in 1875, and architect Louis Delacenserie completely restored it between 1883 and 1895.
The Markt (Dutch for "Market") is the central square of Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium.It is located in the city centre and covers an area of about 1 ha (2.5 acres). On the south side of the square is one of the city's most famous landmarks, the 12th-century Belfry.
In the market-place of Bruges stands the belfry old and brown; Thrice consumed and thrice rebuilded, still it watches o'er the town. A narrow, steep staircase of 366 steps, accessible by the public for an entry fee, [2] leads to the top of the 83 m (272 feet) high building, which leans 87 centimeters to the east.
The earliest mention of the location's name is as Bruggas, Brvggas or Brvccia in AD 840–875. Afterwards, it appears as Bruciam and Bruociam (892); as Brutgis uico (late ninth century); as in portu Bruggensi (c. 1010); as Bruggis (1012); as Bricge in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (1037); as Brugensis (1046); as Brycge in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (1049–1052); as Brugias (1072); as Bruges (1080 ...
Mayan nobleman with cacao paste, in the Choco-Story museum. Choco-Story, the Chocolate Museum in Bruges, Belgium, is located in the sixteenth-century "Huis de Crone" building on Sint-Jansplein (at the intersection of Wijnzakstraat and Sint-Jansstraat) in central Bruges.
More than 3,000 Bruges residents participate in the spectacle, which is also called "Brugges Schoonste Dag" (Dutch, "The Most Beautiful Day in Bruges"). Bruges residents used to decorate their facades with flags in the colours of the city and country. The event retains its formal spiritual aspect.
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