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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...
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    The Great Beguinage of Leuven (Dutch: Groot Begijnhof van Leuven) is a well-preserved beguinage and completely restored historical quarter containing...
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    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...
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    Elizabeth of Hungary at Sint-Amandsberg, Ghent, in 1941 and moved to the Béguinage of St Elisabeth at Kortrijk in 1960, where she became one of a community...
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    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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    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...
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    Begijnhof, Amsterdam (category Beguinages)
    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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    hunger strike of undocumented migrants in Belgium, which took place at the Béguinage Church in Brussels. Odimba called on the Belgian government to align its...
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    Elisabeth is a beguinage in Ghent, Belgium. It is one of three beguinages in the city – the other two are the new Saint Elisabeth beguinage in the suburb...
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    gives you an overview of Kortrijk's history. Beguinage museum located in the old town, in the béguinage. Flemish Film museum and archive Bakery- and Millmuseum...
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    history; it is not a city-museum. The city of Ghent also houses three béguinages and numerous churches including St. Jacob's Church, St. Nicholas' Church...
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    (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2023. "Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste au Béguinage – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels...
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    friars were drawn to their life of prayer. Thus, in the Low Countries some beguinages adopted the Carmelite rule and thus formed communities in the second half...
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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...
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    currently the judicial capital of the province of Belgian Limburg. The Béguinage, founded in 1257, has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since...
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    hall. The béguinage of Sint-Agnes, with its 13th-century church, was also classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site of Flemish Beguinages. An 11th-century...
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  • several orders because she was nearly blind. She was accepted into the Béguinage of St Elisabeth at Sint-Amandsberg, Ghent in 1941. She was musically talented...
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    The Great Beguinage of Sint-Amandsberg (Dutch: Groot Begijnhof van Sint-Amandsberg) is an eight-hectare beguinage in the Sint-Amandsberg suburb, just...
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    addition, the UNESCO World Heritage Site Groot Begijnhof, a historic beguinage in the south of city, is owned by the university and functions as one...
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  • rester à l'église du Béguinage jusqu'au traitement des dossiers". lalibre.be. Retrieved 2021-09-27. "Le cri des sans-papiers du béguinage: "On restera jusqu'à...
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    church, the old beguinage is home to a local history museum. Both institutions are now managed jointly as the Erasmus House and Beguinage Museums. The Synagogue...
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    Begijnhof, Utrecht (category Beguinages)
    The Begijnhof, Utrecht, was a beguinage (Dutch: Begijnhof) in the Dutch city of Utrecht. The beguinage was located in the northern part of the city. The...
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    (house the 'Brabantse Delta Water Board' since 1972) The Begijnhof, a Beguinage. Saint Anthony's Cathedral (Sint-Antoniuskathedraal), the cathedral church...
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    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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    Brussels. Historically more important, as it held its own trade market Béguinage and cloth hall; but the city never expanded beyond the large market square...
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    Groot Begijnhof (Small and Large Beguinages), which house lay religious women, form part of the Flemish Béguinages World Heritage Site. The grounds of...
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    works (see "Association Emmanuel Viérin 1869–1954" below). Palabre (1895) Béguinage à Courtrai (1932) Rochers de la Madrague (1896) From 1889 on Emmanuel...
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  • Daniel Noesig – trumpet Jesse Sparhawk – harp Saint-Jean-Baptiste au Béguinage Children's Choir – choir Luke Savisky Craig McCaffrey Pieter DeWagter...
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    Our-Lady Ter Hooyen (category Beguinages)
    The small beguinage O.L.V. Ter Hooyen is situated in southern area of Ghent. This beguinage was built on the ‘Groene Hooie’, between the ‘Hooipoort’ and...
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    raid shelter Countess Elisabeth Thun-Fugger with Mikhail Gorbachev, 2005 Beguinage - housing complex created to house lay religious women who have not taken...
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