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Bruges has significant economic importance, thanks to its port, and was once one of the world's chief commercial cities. [6] [7] Bruges is a major tourism destination within Belgium and is well-known as the seat of the College of Europe, a university institute for European studies. [8]
Map of the Brugse Vrije, by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, published in 1664. The Brugse Vrije was a castellany in the county of Flanders, often called in English "the Franc of Bruges". It included the area around Bruges, and was bordered by the North Sea, the Westerschelde and the Yser river. The city of Bruges was separated from the castellany in 1127.
The Markt (Dutch for "Market") is the central square of Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium.It is located in the city centre and covers an area of about 1 ha (2.5 acres). On the south side of the square is one of the city's most famous landmarks, the 12th-century Belfry.
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").
Count Arnulf I of Flanders (889-965) extended the Bruges fortress to create a powerful, imperial administrative centre of one and a half hectares. Steen Castle, which was one of the residences of the Counts of Flanders , was located on the western side of the square from the 11th century until the end of the 13th century.
Steen Castle on the map of Marcus Gerards (1562). The structure is indicated by number 75. The location of the former Steen Castle on the Burg Square. Het Steen was a medieval building on the Burg Square in Bruges, Belgium. Between the late 11th and late 13th centuries, it served as the residence of the Counts of Flanders. [1] [2]
Aerial view of the Boudewijnkanaal canal linking Zeebrugge (top) with Bruges (middle) Zeebrugge is located on the coast of the North Sea.Its central location on the Belgian coast, short distance to Great Britain and close vicinity to densely populated industrialised cities make it a crossroads for traffic from all directions.
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] It is located on Burg Square, the area of the former fortified castle in the centre ...