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Memling Museum in Sint-Jan Hospital |
The Memling Museum (hol. Memling in Sint-Jan) is located in the centre of Bruges, Belgium, in a building of the medieval St John's Hospital, which once was the city's biggest institution for the sick, the poor, and the needy.
Now serving as the Memling Museum, it houses the collection of furniture,... |
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Town Hall in Bruges |
The Bruges 14th-century Town Hall with its long vertical windows, splendid ornaments and plentifulness of statues, is a vibrant example of a fine Gothic style.The town hall was built between 1376 and 1420 and is one of the oldest still existing in the Low Countries. |
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Palace of Facets |
The Palace of the Facets (Russian: Грановитая Палата) is a building in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia, which contains what used to be the main banquet reception hall of the Muscovite Tsars. It is the oldest preserved secular building in Moscow. Located on Kremlin Cathedral Square, between the Cathedral ... |
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Belfry of Bruges |
The belfry of Bruges, or Belfort, is a medieval bell tower in the historical centre of Bruges, Belgium. One of the city's most prominent symbols, the belfry formerly housed a treasury and the municipal archives, and served as an observation post for spotting fires and other danger.
A narrow, steep ... |
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Market Square in Bruges |
The Market Square of Bruges (Grote Markt) is a square located in the heart of the city and covers an area of about 1 hectare.
Some historical highlights around the square include the 12th-century belfry and the Provincial Court (originally the Waterhall, which in 1787 was demolished and replaced by... |
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Groeningemuseum |
The Groeningemuseum is a municipal museum of Bruges, Belgium.
It houses a comprehensive survey of six centuries of Flemish and Belgian painting, from Jan van Eyck to Marcel Broodthaers. The museum's many highlights include its collection of " Flemish Primitive " art, works by a wide range of Renais... |
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St. Salvator's Cathedral |
The Saint-Salvator Cathedral is the cathedral of Bruges, Flanders, in present-day Belgium.
The Saint-Salvator Cathedral, the main church of the city, is one of the few buildings in Bruges that have survived the onslaught of the ages without damage. Nevertheless, it has undergone some changes and re... |
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Church of Our Lady in Bruges |
The Church of Our Lady (Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk) in Bruges, Belgium, dates mainly from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.
Its tower, at 122.3 meters in height, remains the tallest structure in the city and the second tallest brickwork tower in the world (the tallest being the St. Martin's Chur... |
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Basilica of the Holy Blood |
The Basilica of the Holy Blood (Dutch: Heilig-Bloedbasiliek, French: Basilique du Saint-Sang) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica in Bruges, Belgium.
Originally built in the 12th century as the chapel of the residence of the Count of Flanders, the church houses a venerated relic of the Holy Blood al... |
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Flemish Béguinage in Brugge |
A béguinage (French) or begijnhof (Dutch) is a collection of small buildings used by Beguines. These were various lay sisterhoods of the Roma in Catholic Church, founded in the 13th century in the Low Countries, comprising religious women who sought to serve God without retiring from the world.One o... |
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