Brugge, Belgium

 

View from shelter at tour bus parking lot

 

Beguinage Ten Wijngaarde - a home for Beguins, dating from 1245. Beguins were women who lived alone, devoted to prayer and good works, but without taking vows or giving up possessions. Beguins could return to the ordinary world and marry.

Netherlands, Belgium, Paris 2009 Index

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