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The Burg (Middle Dutch for "Fortress") is a square and former fortress in Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium. It is one of the main squares of the city. It is one of the main squares of the city. History
Bruges (/ b r uː ʒ / ⓘ BROOZH, French: ⓘ; Dutch: Brugge ⓘ; West Flemish: Brugge) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in the country.
The City Hall (Dutch: Stadhuis ⓘ) of Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium, is a landmark building and the seat of that city.Built in a late-Gothic monumental style between 1376 and 1421, it is one of the oldest city halls in the former Burgundian Netherlands. [1]
The Brugse Vrije was a rich agricultural region. It had its own burgrave, who was seated at the Burg, a square in Bruges, and became part of the Four Members of Flanders at the end of the 14th century, together with the three major cities of Ghent, Bruges and Ypres. The Brugse Vrije sat in the meetings of the States of Flanders.
The basilica in Burg square consists of a lower and upper chapel. The lower chapel, dedicated to St. Basil the Great , is a dark Romanesque structure that remains virtually unchanged. The venerated Passion relic is in the upper chapel, which was rebuilt in the Gothic style in the 16th century and renovated in the 19th century in Gothic Revival ...
Club Brugge scored with a disputed penalty kick in stoppage time to beat Atalanta 2-1. That was a meeting of teams that finished 24th and ninth, respectively, in the 36-team standings two weeks ago.