Bruges
Bruges (Dutch: Brugge) is a city in the northwest of Belgium.
It is the capital and largest city of West Flanders. In 2007, 116,982 people lived there.[1]
Bruges is at 51° 12 North, 03° 13 East.[2]
It is a centre of tourism because of its historic medieval city centre. The centre was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.[3] It is a center of commerce because of its port, Zeebrugge. The movie In Bruges with Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes was made there in 2008.
Bruges Media
- Logo of Brugge.svg
Logo of Brugge
- Belgium-36 (26598965719).jpg
The Markt (market square)
- Chroniques de Froissart (15e eeuw) - Slag op het Beverhoutsveld.png
The Battle of Beverhoutsveld (1382) in Froissart's Chronicles, with Bruges as setting
- Simon Bening - Oktober.jpg
Merchants in Bruges, first half of the 16th century
- Jan Baptist van Meunincxhove - The Burg in Bruges.jpg
The Burg in Bruges, painted c. 1691–1700 by Meunincxhove
- Bruges, Belgium ; Ferraris Map.jpg
Bruges on the Ferraris map, c. 1775
- Postcard - Bruges Cranenburg (Excelsior Series 11, No. 51, Albert Sugg a Gand; ca. 1905).jpg
Postcard showing the Cranenburg House
- MnpBruggeMap.svg
- I Brugge: Centrum, Kristus-Koning, Sint-Jozef, Sint-Pieters * II Koolkerke * III Sint-Andries * IV Sint-Michiels * V Assebroek * VI Sint-Kruis * VII Dudzele * VIII Lissewege, Zeebrugge, Zwankendamme
- Brugge-CanalRozenhoedkaai.JPG
View from the Rozenhoedkaai (canal)
- Brugge Belfort HDR.jpg
References
- ↑ "Werkelijke bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2007 / Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2007 (.xls)". Archived from the original on 2008-11-23. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ↑ "Geografische coördinaten van de gemeenten (.xls)". Archived from the original on 2004-07-23. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ↑ "Historic Centre of Brugge". UNESCO. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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