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statue of Gezelle in Bruges, Jules Lagae, sculptor. Guido Pieter Theodorus Josephus Gezelle (1 May 1830 [1] – 27 November 1899 [2]) was an influential writer and poet and a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium. He is famous for the use of the West Flemish dialect, but he also wrote in other languages like Dutch, English, French, German, Latin ...
Gruuthuse, seen from the east. Presumably in the 13th century a rich family from Bruges received the monopoly to levy taxes on gruit and built a structure to store it. The building was changed in the early fifteenth century by Jan IV van der Aa to a luxury house for his family, which subsequently changed its name to "Van Gruuthuse" ("From the Gruit house").
Georges Emile Lebacq (born in Jemappes, 1876 – died in Bruges, 1950) – Impressionism, Post-Impressionism; Mercédès Legrand (1893–1945), Spanish-born Belgian painter, sculptor, poet; Charles Leickert (born in Brussels, 1816 – died in Mainz, 1907) – Winter scenes; Georges Lemmen (1865–1916) – Neo-Impressionism
Guido Gezelle, poet and priest (1830–1899) Louis Delacenserie, architect (1838–1909) Eugène Goossens, père, conductor (1845–1906) Albin van Hoonacker, Catholic theologian and Biblical scholar (1857–1933) Frank Brangwyn, Welsh artist, painter, colourist, engraver, and illustrator (1867–1956)
14 February – Belgian Antarctic Expedition research vessel Belgica freed from Antarctic ice. 28–30 June – Violent protests in Brussels demanding introduction of universal manhood suffrage with proportional representation. [2] 29 July – Belgium among the 26 signatories to the Hague Convention
1815 – Bruges becomes part of the Netherlands. [4] 1821 – Fish Market, Bruges built on the Steenhouwersdijk . [1] 1830 – Bruges becomes part of Belgium. [4] 1837 – Journal de Bruges French-language newspaper begins publication. [10] 1838 – Brugge railway station opens. 1839 – Société d'émulation de Bruges founded.
Bruges is known for its lace, a textile technique. Moreover, the city and its lace would go on to inspire the Thread Routes film series, the second episode of which, shot in 2011, was partly set in Bruges. [39] Several beers are named after the city, such as Brugge Blond, Brugge Tripel, Brugs, Brugse Babbelaar, Brugse Straffe Hendrik, and ...
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City. By the ...