Beguin Monastery

Beguinage Bruges, The Beguinage (Begijnhof) in Bruges
Belgium, Brugge
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Beguin Monastery

Beguinage Bruges, The Beguinage (Begijnhof) in Bruges
Belgium, Brugge
The Monastery of the Beguines is located in the northwestern part of Bruges. It was founded by Countess Joanna of Constantinople of Flanders in 1245. The monastery was intended for single women - unmarried and widows. Currently, it is a functioning convent of the Order of St. Benedict.

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Traveled 1 year ago
Rating 8
Among the city saturated with tourists, this is a very quiet and peaceful place: snow-white houses, a cozy park, a pond in which snow-white swans swim, an old church. There are 30 houses here, which are built in the same Gothic style with snow-white facades, while the roof and window frames are dark. The buildings look strict, but very harmonious. The lifestyle of the beguins was strict, but they did not belong to the nuns (the tonsure was not required, although the majority were believers). Beginks were considered independent, they could leave the monastery at any time, and then return.
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Traveled 14 years ago
Rating 8
The foundation of the monastery of Beguine in Bruges dates back to 1244. Beguines are sometimes mistaken for nuns, but they are not. Basically, single women came here, whose husbands at that time took part in military campaigns. They did not take monastic vows, they were free to leave the community at any time and return to worldly life. Today the sisters of the Order of St. Benedict live in the monastery. Address: Begijnhof. Free admission. As you walk around the courtyard of the Beguinage, look out for Johnny Werkbrouck's philosophical work Hands Need Each Other (Handen Hebben elkaar nodig).
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