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Beguinage of Bruges: Distant context view showing entry bridge and entrance gate to the left of the bridge

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
Visitors enter the place via a bridge over the canal. The entrance gate bears the date 1776.\u000a\u000aA B\u00E9guinage (Dutch; begijnhof) is a collection of small buildings used by Beguines, which were several lay sisterhoods of the Roman Catholic Church, founded in the 13th century in the Low Countries, of religious women who sought to serve God without retiring from the world. The entire group of Flemish B\u00E9guinages was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Beguinage of Bruges was founded in 1245 by the Countess of Flanders, Margaretha of Constantinople. In 1299, Philip the Beautiful of France placed the Beguinage under his own rule, thereby withdrawing it from the influence of the town magistrate. Visitors enter the place via a bridge over the canal. The entrance gate bears the date 1776. The group of surviving buildings range in date from the 15th to 19th centuries. The last beguine lived here in 1926; in 1937 the beguinage became a convent with Benedictine sisters.

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Begijnhof 'De Wijngaard'

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Bruges, Flanders, Belgium|Bruges|+51.234479+3.229464

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Sixteenth century', 'Nineteenth century']

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