Stationsplein 2, Kortrijk, West Flanders, 8500, Belgium
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The Broelkaai
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Could you tell me how to go to Kotrijk from Brussels? How long does it take the journey between these two places?
Thanks.
The only public transportation option from Brussel to Kortrijk is by train. See www.nmbs.be for times and prices.
The main transportation in Belgium is train. But there are good paved roads serving Brussels and Kotrijk. Kotrijk is west Brussels.
The below link will show you how to move from Brussels to Kotrijk:
http://hari.b-holding.be/Hafas/bin/query.exe/en?&REQ0JourneyStopsS0A=10&REQ0JourneyStopsS0G=Brussels&REQ0JourneyStopsZ0A=10&REQ0JourneyStopsZ0G=Kotrijk&REQ0JourneyDate=11.001.09&REQ0JourneyTime=13:20&Timesel=depart&ViaName=&ViaMode=NEE&DateMode=ANDERS&PLANNER=TRUE&start=1&queryPageDisplayed=yes
http://www.trabel.com/belgium-practicalinformation.htm
http://www.mediaturismo.net/PT/map.php?idv=3988
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visit St.-Amand's college, High School. Has a language exchange with Claires Court School in Maidenhead in the U.K. Flax and lace museum near the university, Kulak. An illustration of the rich history of the region and the town. Annex is a historical pub.
Although they look identical, the towers were not built at the same time. The Southern tower, also known as the Speyetoren, was built in 1385 to control the traffic on the river Lys. This tower was part of the fortified fence of the first medieval castle of the Counts of Flanders. The Speyentoren was also part of the 12th century rampart, destroyed by Louis XIV in the 17th century.
The Northern tower, known as the Ingelborchtoren was built in 1415 and was used as an armory.
Nowadays, the towers are, together with the Artillerytower (in Dutch: Artillerietoren), the last remaining parts of the medieval city wall around the city. Most of the fortifications in Kortrijk were ordered to be destroyed by Vauban in 1683, a period in which the French and the Spanish armies repeatedly fought over control of the region. The remaining parts were destroyed in the 18th century and during the world wars.
A statue of John of Nepomuk can be found in the middle of the bridge spanning between the two towers. This statue of the patron saint of the drowned has, ironically, fallen into the river Lys on several occasions due to warfare in the city. The bridge between the two towers was destroyed in both world wars.
there is an exhibition of statues now by Laurent Geers (www.geerssculptures.be)
medical herbgarden with 13 houses for the poor women in the past and a chapel
open 14.00 to 18.00
autumn and winter 14.00 to 17.00
closed on monday, friday and public holidays
Béguinage comprises a courtyard surrounded by small dwellings. It is often encircled by a wall and secluded from the town proper by one or two gates. Poor and elderly beguines were housed here by benefactors.
Béguinages are to be found in an area roughly corresponding with present-day Northern and North-Eastern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Western and North-Western Germany.
The beguines were a religious movement of women. Their success, according to the Belgian historian Henri Pirenne, was due to a surplus of women occasioned by violence, war, military and semi-military operations, which took the lives of many men. Great numbers of women had no option but to unite and collectively secure the aid of rich benefactors.
Similarly, nuns' convents in the twelfth century enjoyed substantial initial success. Stricter rules within Cistercian and other abbeys, however, caused many women to seek less strict surroundings. Moreover, these abbeys' initial success necessitated the refusal of a great many applications for admission. As an additional obstacle, in several cases a certain degree of prosperity was required as a condition for admission to a regular nunnery.
Town orders, such as the Dominicans, which did not make this requirement, were more successful for that very reason.
This was a great weekend, and the biggest VT meeting I have been to (as yet). I went to Kortrijk on the friday before the meeting and spent the afternoon wandering around the centre. Then we met up with Natalie, Chris,Ingrid, Jo and Dave for a meal in the evening.
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