- A
beguinage, from the
French term
béguinage, is an
architectural complex which was
created to
house beguines: lay
religious women who
lived in community...
- The
Great Beguinage of
Leuven (Dutch:
Groot Begijnhof van Leuven) is a well-preserved
beguinage and
completely restored historical quarter containing...
- The
Princely Beguinage Ten
Wijngaerde (Dutch:
Prinselijk Begijnhof Ten Wijngaerde) is the only
preserved beguinage in Bruges, Belgium.
There are no more...
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established formal communities for
these women that
became known as
beguinages.
Beguinages (Begijnhoven in Dutch-speaking areas)
tended to be
located near...
- The
Church of St. John the
Baptist at the
Béguinage (French: Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste au
Béguinage; Dutch: Sint-Jan-Baptist ten Begijnhofkerk) is a Catholic...
- the Ten
Wijngaerde Béguinage, a
beguinage built in the 13th century, is
included in the
World Heritage Site of "Flemish
Béguinages".
Bruges is
known for...
- rights. The Lier
beguinage was
founded in 1258 and in 1998 was
inscribed on the
UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the
Flemish Béguinages site. The last...
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private dwellings,
centre on it. As the name suggests, it was
originally a
béguinage.
Today it is also the site of two churches, the
Catholic Houten Huys and...
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church in the
beguinage of Lier, Belgium, has a
statue of St
Begga standing above the inscription: St. Begga, our foundress. The Lier
beguinage dates from...
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Besides these churches, the city
housed St. Paul's Abbey, the 15th-century
beguinage of St. Nicholas, and a 14th-century
chapter house of the
Teutonic Knights...
