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Saturday, 13 November 2021

Bruges, Visited November 2 2015

In 2015 I took a short trip to Bruges and whilst there took in the sights and had a look around the medieval city. The following pictures were taken whilst on the visit, they can be seen below or full resolution and un-watermarked on Clickasnap only.



Beginhoff Bridge


Bruges Market Place from the Historium


Canal from Mariaburg


Church of our Lady

City Hall

Dijver Canal

Dijver Canal

Embrace of 2 Monks

Fish Market

Historium and Provincial Court

Horse Head Fountain

Minnewater Bridge and Powder Tower

Minnewater

Minnewater

Nepomucenus Bridge and Statue


St John's Hospital

Saint Salvator's Street

Church of Our Lady Spire



The following pictures can also be seen on my previous blog post about the Belfry of Bruges.















All the pictures were taken on the 2nd November 2015, please take a moment to share and follow me on social media.

 All the pictures remain the copyright of Colin Green.

Belfry of Bruges

 The Belfry of Bruges is a medieval bell tower built around 1240. The city at the time of construction was an important trading centre and the tower was home to the city archives, these however were lost when a fire swept through the tower in 1280. The belfry has suffered from fire damage on at least another 2 occasions and is lower than it's historic height due to these fires destroying the wooden spires that sat atop the tower. The Belfry has housed the municipal archives, a treasury, and acted as an observation post throughout its history. The Belfry also formally hosted a market hall and has an enclosed courtyard to the rear. The observation platform giving outstanding views of the city at a height of approx 272feet is reached by a narrow staircase 366 steps.

Since 1999 the Belfry has been a UNESCO world site and featured in the IN Bruges film staring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes.

The pictures were taken in November 2015 using a polaroid is2132 bridge camera, clicking any image should open a link in another window to the higher resolution, un-watermarked version on Clickasnap.

The Belfry from the market square.

The courtyard to the rear.

The Belfry from the Historium.



City Hall pictured from the Tower.


The clock mechanism.

The courtyard.

Market Square from the Tower.

View across Bruges.



St Salvator's Cathedral.

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