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The Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde (Dutch: Prinselijk Begijnhof Ten Wijngaerde) is the only preserved beguinage in Bruges, Belgium. There are no more beguines living there, but since 1927, it has functioned as a convent for Benedictines, founded by canon Hoornaert. In the same year, the houses at the west side were also reshaped and enlarged ...
A beguinage, from the French term béguinage, is an architectural complex which was created to house beguines: lay religious women who lived in community without taking vows or retiring from the world. Originally the beguine institution was the convent, an association of beguines living together or in close proximity of each other under the ...
At the end of the 18th century, the French occupiers of Bruges threw out the bishop of Bruges and destroyed the Sint-Donaaskathedraal, which was his residence. [2] In 1834, shortly after Belgium's independence in 1830, a new bishop was installed in Bruges and St. Salvator's Church obtained the status of cathedral. However, the building's ...
Excerpt from a manuscript of the beguinage of Sint-Aubertus, Ghent, c. 1840. [1] Print of a Beguine in Des dodes dantz of Matthäus Brandis, Lübeck 1489 The Beguines ( / b eɪ ˈ ɡ iː n z , ˈ b ɛ ɡ iː n z / ) and the Beghards ( / ˈ b ɛ ɡ ər d z , b ə ˈ ɡ ɑːr d z / ) were Christian lay religious orders that were active in Western ...
The last houses of the beguinage disappeared in 1856. The church was designated a historic monument on 5 March 1936. [ 2 ] In 1998, the tragic expulsion of the Nigerian asylum seeker Semira Adamu , who died after police violence, triggered the occupation of the church from October 1998 to January 1999 by political refugee candidates awaiting ...
Foreigners in Indonesia. As of 27 January 2022, at least 6,190 foreigners were tested positive for COVID-19 in Indonesia, of which 5,840 recovered, 32 died, and 413 had returned to their respective countries or territories. [3]
A man in Florida is looking for the owner of a ring found inside a black jewelry box with a note after Hurricanes Helene and Milton ravaged the coastal communities.
The Great Beguinage of Leuven (Dutch: Groot Begijnhof van Leuven) is a well-preserved beguinage and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets in the south of downtown Leuven, Belgium. About 3 hectares (7.4 acres) in size, with some 300 apartments in almost 100 houses, it is one of the largest remaining beguinages in the ...