Beguinage
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A beguinage, from the French term béguinage, is an architectural complex which was created to house beguines: lay religious women who lived in community without taking vows or retiring from the world.
Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde, Bruges
View of the St. Elizabeth Beguinage in Kortrijk
A beguine, inhabitant of a beguinage. Excerpt from a manuscript of the beguinage of Sint-Aubertus in Ghent. Made c. 1840.
View of the Great Beguinage in Leuven
Begijnhof, Amsterdam
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The Begijnhof is one of the oldest hofjes in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A group of historic buildings, mostly private dwellings, centre on it. As the name suggests, it was originally a béguinage. Today i
The Begijnhof of Amsterdam
Begijnhof, 2015
The Wooden House