Our-Lady Ter Hooyen
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The small beguinage of Our-Lady Ter Hooyen is situated in southern area of Ghent, Belgium. This beguinage was built on the 'Groene Hooie', between the 'Hooipoort' and the 'Vijfwindgatenpoort'. That is
Beguinage O.L.V. Ter Hooyen
Beguine of Ghent. Excerpt from a manuscript of the beguinage of Sint-Aubertus, Ghent, ca. 1840.
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
View of the Great Beguinage in Leuven