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Click for important translation instructions. Bruges ( / bruːʒ / ⓘ BROOZH, French: [bʁyʒ] ⓘ; Dutch: Brugge [ˈbrʏɣə] ⓘ; German: Brügge [ˈbʁʏɡə] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country. It is the sixth most populous city in the country.
List of World Heritage Sites in Belgium. Location of World Heritage Sites within Belgium. Red dots are cultural sites, the green dot is a natural site. Grand-Place, Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta, and the Stoclet House are all in Brussels. Black dots indicate the Major Mining Sites of Wallonia (4 sites).
In the 16th century, Antwerp took over the role of trade center from Bruges. The Bourse of Antwerp was first opened in 1531 as the world's first purpose-built commodity exchange. Changes to the building 1845 appearance. During the 18th century, the façade of the Huis ter Beurze was rebuilt with a wide frontage of pilasters. However, in 1947 it ...
The Church of Our Lady (Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk) is a Roman Catholic church in Bruges, Belgium, dating mainly from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.Its 115.6-metre-high (379 ft) tower remains the tallest structure in the city and the third tallest brickwork tower in the world (after St. Mary's Church in Lübeck and St. Martin's Church in Landshut, both in Germany).
Belfry of Bruges. / 51.20833°N 3.22472°E / 51.20833; 3.22472. The Belfry of Bruges ( Dutch: Belfort van Brugge) is a medieval bell tower in the centre of Bruges, Belgium. One of the city's most prominent symbols, [1] the belfry formerly housed a treasury and the municipal archives and served as an observation post for spotting fires ...
The Basilica of the Holy Blood ( Dutch: Heilig-Bloedbasiliek, French: Basilique du Saint-Sang) is a Roman Catholic basilica in Bruges, Belgium. The church houses a relic of the Holy Blood allegedly collected by Joseph of Arimathea and brought from the Holy Land by Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders. Built between 1134 and 1157 as the chapel ...
St. Salvator's Cathedral. St. Salvator's Cathedral ( Dutch: Sint-Salvatorskathedraal ), also known as the Cathedral of the Saviour and St. Donat, is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Bruges, Belgium. The cathedral is dedicated to the Verrezen Zaligmaker (Dutch, 'risen saviour', cf. Latin salvator, 'saviour') and Saint-Donatius of Reims.
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