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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 guidance of a single superior, called a mistress or prioress. Although they were not usually referred as convent, in these houses dwelt a small number of women together: the houses small, informal, and often poor communities that emerged across Europe after the twelfth century. In most cases, beguines who lived in a convent agreed to obey certain regulations during their stay and contributed to a collective fund.In the first decades of the thirteenth century much larger and more stable types of community emerged in the region of the Low Countries: large court beguinages were formed which consisted of several houses for beguines built around a central chapel or church where their religious activities took place, and often included also functional buildings such as a brewery, a bakery, a hospital, and farm buildings. Several of these beguinages are now listed by UNESCO as World Heritage. By the mid-thirteenth century, the French king Louis IX founded a beguinage in Paris, which was modeled on the court beguinages of the Low Countries.
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Flemish Béguinages ???????? Belgium Video Guide - Travel & Discover

The Flemish béguinages are a series of 13 sites in the Flanders Region of Belgium. They bear extraordinary witness to the cultural tradition of the Beguines that developed in north-western Europe in the Middle Ages.

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A #visit of #Leuven's Small #Beguinage (est. c. 1272) and Great Beguinage (est. c. 1205) in #Belgium. The Great Beguinage is one of the biggest remaining beguinages in the #Flandres region and is listed as a #UNESCO world heritage in 1998. Both #beguinages are always accessible and visits are free of charge.

Belgium: The Grand Béguinage of Leuven

The Grand Béguinage of Leuven, or in Dutch Groot Begijnhof van Leuven is a well preserved and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen of streets in the south of downtown Leuven. About 3 hectares (7.5 acres) in size, with some 300 apartments in almost 100 houses, it is one of the largest still existing beguinages in the Low Countries. The béguinage stretches on both sides of the river Dijle, which splits into two canals inside the béguinage, thus forming an island. Three bridges connect the parts of the beguinage.

The Grand Béguinage (Groot Begijnhof) has the appearance of a small town in the city. It is a succession of streets, squares, gardens and parks, with tens of houses and convents in traditional brick and sandstone style.

As a community for unmarried, semi-religious women (see Béguine), this béguinage originated in the early 13th century. The last priest of the Beguine community died in 1977 at the age of 107. He is buried in the graveyard of Park Abbey. The last Beguine died in 1988.
In that year, the béguinage was officially recognised by Unesco as a World Heritage Site.
Nowadays the complete béguinage is owned by the University of Leuven and used as a campus, especially for housing students and academic guests.

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Belgium: The Beguinage and Almshouses in Bruges

The Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde is the only preserved beguinage in Bruges.
The Begijnhof is a haven of peace and tranquility . It was founded in 1245 by Margaret of Constantinople, Countess of Flanders, and is located just beside the Minnewaterpark . The Beguinage is characterized by the small white houses in the middle of the large garden with beautiful trees and flowers .
There are no more Beguines any more , but since 1927, a community of a Benedictine monastery, founded by Canon Hoornaert lives here. In that year the houses to the west were transformed and developed into the Monasterium Vineyard, a priory of Benedictine parish nuns .

Other important religious sites in the city include the numerous old almshouses.
Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people (typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay rent) to live in a particular community. They are often targeted at the poor of a locality, at those from certain forms of previous employment, or their widows, and are generally maintained by a charity or the trustees of a bequest.
The Almshouses in Bruges belong to the Patrimony of the Public Social Welfare Centre ( Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn - OCMW) and to provide habitation , to less well-off elderly.
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The Grand Beguinage of Louvain, Belgium

The Grand Beguinage of Louvain is one of the Flemish beguinages that together have been added to the Unesco World Heritage list. Beguines were religious women, living an independent, but committed life outside recognized orders with vows of fidelity and poverty. The Beguinage of Louvain was built along banks of the river Dijle, and had its own church and infirmary. It was really a small city within larger Louvain, and now houses mostly students and university professors.
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Views Around Mechelen, Belgium - April 2018

is a city and municipality in the province of Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. Mechelen is one of Flanders' prominent cities of historical art, with Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, and Leuven. To read more about Mechelen, click here: .

This film features views around the city of Mechelen, and features the following identified locations: River Dilje, Vismarkt, Nauwstraat, Ijzerenleen, Schepenhuis, Margaretha van Oostenrijk, Schoenmarkt, Sint-Romboutstoren's Cathedral, Grote Markt, Town Hall, Lekkernijstraatje, Bruhl, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-over-de-Dijlekerk, Mechelen Railway Station and the view from a train as it leaves Mechelen travelling southwards.

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BEGIJNHOF TURNHOUT, BELGIË - 13TH CENTURY BEGUINAGE IN BELGIUM

Historic Catholic beguinage (begijnhof) located in Turnhout, Belgium. The unique and well preserved Belgian beguinage was build in the early 13 th century and is located right in the middle of the city centre. Untill recently the houses and other buildings were used by traditional beguines, who inhabited the age old beguinage for centuries. Furthermore the historical complex constists of a gatehouse, entrance building, a church, a chapel, a Lourdes grotto, many old trees, a wonderful kitchen garden and a large number of religious sculptures and statues. In 1998 the Flemish beguinage was officially recognized by Unesco as a cultural world heritage site.

Het begijnhof van Turnhout is een van de Vlaamse begijnhoven die in 1998 opgenomen werden op de werelderfgoedlijst. Turnhout is gelegen in het noorden de van oorsprong Katholieke Vlaamse provincie Antwerpen. Van het begijnhof van Turnhout is geen precieze stichtingsdatum bekend, maar waarschijnlijk werd ze in de 13e eeuw opgericht. Het vroeg classicistische poortgebouw en het langwerpig plein typeren dit begijnhof. Er is een goed bewaarde barok kerk, infirmerie en huizen uit de 16e en 17e eeuw. De laatste begijn, groot juffrouw Anna De Boer, overleed in 2002. Er is ook een museum waar men meer over de begijnencultuur te weten kan komen.

Flemish Beguinages - UNESCO World Heritage Site

Come with me as I visit a pair of UNESCO World Heritage Flemish beguinages, small communities of religious women that have existed in Flanders since the Middle Ages. They are quite different to nunneries and convents, because the women didn't take vows or collect alms, and were free to leave if they chose. There are quite a few beguinages covered by the World Heritage listing, so here we chose the most notable: Groot Bejinhof (Great Beguinage) in Leuwen, and the beguinage in Brussels.

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Mechelen, Belgium: The Grote Markt and the Beguinage

The Grote Markt (big market) is the main square in Mechelen. On saturdays there is a food market on the square. The beguinague (Groot begijnhof) is located at the nortwest of the old city.

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Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde in Bruges, Belgium - Part 2

I recently traveled to Bruge and visited the most wonderful Beguine. I was particularly interested in this medieval 'coliving' lifestyle.

The Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde is the only preserved beguinage in the Belgian city of Bruges. There are no more Beguines living there, but since 1927 it functions as a convent for Benedictines, founded by canon Hoornaert (Wikipedia)

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Belgium: Impressions of Dendermonde

Dendermonde is located at the mouth of the river Dender, where it flows into the Scheldt.
Places of interest in this town are:
The city hall and belfry that have also been designated a World Heritage Site since 1999.
The belfry houses a carillon and was formerly part of the Cloth Hall.
A Benedictine abbey right in the center of town.
The Dendermonde beguinage is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998

Béguinage Part 1

BEGUINAGE ( PART 1)
A Riedisheim, un groupe de seniors a décidé de vivre ensemble en béguinage. Un mode de vie hérité du Moyen-âge et qui s'inscrit dans une spiritualité forte.
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Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde in Bruges, Belgium - Part 1

I recently traveled to Bruge and visited the most wonderful Beguine. I was particularly interested in this medieval 'coliving' lifestyle.

The Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde is the only preserved beguinage in the Belgian city of Bruges. There are no more Beguines living there, but since 1927 it functions as a convent for Benedictines, founded by canon Hoornaert (Wikipedia)

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Belgium TRAVEL GUIDE. Best Places to Visit in Brugge | Beguinage | Flemish Beguinages | UNESCO

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Bruges was a location of coastal settlement during prehistory. This Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement is unrelated to medieval city development. In the Bruges area, the first fortifications were built after Julius Caesar's conquest of the Menapii in the first century BC, to protect the coastal area against pirates. The Franks took over the whole region from the Gallo-Romans around the 4th century and administered it as the Pagus Flandrensis. The Viking incursions of the ninth century prompted Count Baldwin I of Flanders to reinforce the Roman fortifications

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