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Brugge, Belgium
"The canal in Brugge, Belgium", © 2004 Elroy
Christenson
The canal of the Dijver in Brugge connects various areas of the town to
one another with the Belfry or Halles Tower in the background. It was
the Venice of the north. It also is one of few cities of the north
which avoided devastation from the various wars that rained havoc down
on most of the rest of Belgium. The city has many remarkable works from
its Spanish and early powerful trading centered culture. A sculpture
work by Michelangelo is in the Church of Our Lady and St. John's
Hospital has works by Hans Memling. Religious and historical sites are
in abundance.
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