Beauties of continental architecture

Coney, John

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Persistenter Identifier:: 1460979038851

Titel:: Beauties of continental architecture

Untertitel:: in a series of views of ancient cathedrals and other remarkable public buildings, in France, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy

Künstler/Illustrator:: Coney, John

Verleger/Verlag:: M. A. Nattali

Erscheinungsort:: London

Erscheinungsjahr:: 1843

Sprache:: englisch; französisch

Strukturtyp:: Monografie

Besitzende Institution:: Universitätsbibliothek Stuttgart

Standort:: Universitätsbibliothek Stuttgart

Signatur:: 1Kc 1099

Lizenz:: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/deed.de

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Titel:: The Town Hall, Bruges

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THE TOWN HALL, BRUGES. Bruges, the second city in the province of Flanders, is advantageously situated in a plain, three leagues from Ostend, and eight leagues from Ghent, Courtray, Furnes, and Middelburg. Above three hundred years ago, when Bruges was in its splendor, merchants from all parts of the world resorted to it. The several nations had their own splendid palaces, with numerous magazines, consuls, &c. Some historians think that Bruges received its name from the numerous bridges, Brugghe being a bridge in Flemish; but it is more probable that it was so called from the Brugh-Stock, a bridge leading to a chapel dedicated to the Virgin. The public edifices, both civil and ecclesiastical, were extremely sumptuous, as may be judged by those which still remain, such as the Town Hall, the Cathedral, &c. The Town Hall is situated in a large square, called the Bourg. It is built in a light Gothic style. The first stone was laid in the year 1376, by Count Louis de Male. The numerous niches were formerly occupied by statues of the Counts and Countesses of Flanders. The other most remarkable buildings at Bruges are, the Exchange; the Lyceum, formerly the celebrated Convent of the Downs; and the Church of Notre Dame, in which the tombs of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and of Mary, his daughter, are still preserved with great care. The Vignettes represent a very curious house, and a remarkably elegant attic window.

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