4/36.- Flanders: Bruges, the Belfry
Bruges, known as the Venice of the North (a title shared with
Amsterdam)
was at one time a wealthy harbour with a flourishing trade in
products from
England, Scandinavia, Spain, Venice and Genoa. Bruges gave birth
to the
Flemish school of painters. Museums in Bruges display the works
of Memling,
Van Eyck, Van der Goes and other famous 15th-century artists.
The belfry,
shown here, rests on 13th-century foundations but the upper
floors date from
the 14th and 15th centuries.
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