Discovering Bruges

Overview and Issue

• An article commencing at the Marketplace in Bruges and ending at the Palace of Louis de Gruuthuse.
• WG051

Abstract

• The author takes the reader through key sites in Bruges, linking them to the HON events.

Author

• Maria de Berdt

Dunnett Book Citations

• NR - "four square bastion of the old trading hall and the belfry tower straddling it".
• ROS - "the workshop of Collinet Mansion, where Claes met Primaflora for the first time."

Historical People

• Margareta Van Borselen
• Duke Charles the Bold
• Margaret of York

Fictional Characters

• Claes
• Primaflora
• Katelina
• Gelis

Locations

All in Bruges:

• In the marketplace is the old trading hall and the belfry tower straddling it, where now is situated the tavern "Ter Beurze" stood the Saint-Christophers's church; from its tower Gelis saw Claes being kidnapped during the carnival.
• Burgsquare - tearoom called Tom Pouce: "on this site stood the prison Steen where Claes was locked up in NR and where for the first time he met the GWTWL. Here was also the workshop of Collinet Mansion, where Claes met Primaflora for the first time (RoS)
• Fishmarket - site of Felix's Tavern.
• Groeninghe-Museum
• Our Lady's Church - where to the first pillar next to the entrance is attached a Van der Poele coat-of-arms
• Palace of Louis de Gruuthuse.

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