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City Square/Grote Markt: Jan Breydel & Pieter De Coninck
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    • Helga67
  • By Helga67 on April 28, 2004
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    • Statue on Market Square - Brugge
    Statue on Market Square
    by Helga67
    In the centre of the Market Square you will find the statue of Jan Breydel and Pieter De Coninck, two popular local heroes, who played a leading part in the resistance against the French occupation in the 14th century.

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    City Square/Grote Markt: Provincial Government Palace
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    • Helga67
  • Updated By Helga67 on May 1, 2004
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    Provincial Government Palace
    by Helga67
    One of the big buildings on the Market Square is the neo-gothic Provincial Government Palace. Today it is the seat of West Flanders' Provincial Council. It stands were the medieval 'water halls' used to stand. This was a covered hall where the ships could unload their products for storage in the halls or for direct sale on the adjacent market.

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    City Square/Grote Markt: Market Square
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    • Helga67
  • Updated By Helga67 on May 1, 2004
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    Market Square
    by Helga67
    The Market Square is centrally located in Bruges. It's a good starting point for your exploration through the city.

    It's an attractive and car-free square. The main monument is the belfry tower and the cloth hall. On the Northern side you will find the Provincial Court. There are quite some restaurants and shops located in the former private houses and guild houses on the Market Square.

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    City Square/Grote Markt: Markt Square
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    • myrtle
  • Updated By myrtle on November 20, 2003
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    Markt Square, Bruges
    by myrtle
    This is one of the most beautiful squares I have ever seen. The buildings are beautiful, there are always horse drawn carriages, cobble stone streets, and cafés. What a great atmosphere for a relaxing trip.

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    City Square/Grote Markt: BRUGGE
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  • Updated By parsix on August 6, 2003
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    punks
    by parsix
    There is a square by the Belfry Tower and the Provost's House. We happen to be having lunch here when this group of young people came for what looked like and initiation. It's was a very large group and got everyones attention.

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    City Square/Grote Markt: City Center
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  • By new_hope30 on July 31, 2003
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    • City Square/Grote Markt - Brugge
    by new_hope30
    Today the city is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Belgium, and is considered one of the best-preserved medieval cities in Europe.

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    City Square/Grote Markt: More Markt
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  • By tvdm on September 13, 2002
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    • City Square/Grote Markt - Brugge
    by tvdm
    Another nice site on the Grote Markt is the post office. The whole complex is just as picturesque as the Belfort.
    Everything blends in perfectly. All architectural styles seem to work well in Brugge!

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    City Square/Grote Markt: there's are really super...
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  • By ddgarza on September 8, 2002
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    • City Square/Grote Markt - Brugge
    by ddgarza
    there's are really super little stroll in Brugge, from one of the town squares to another...

    along the way, there is excellent shopping, many nice Chocolate stores, and a few deli's with really terrific foods...

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    City Square/Grote Markt: The Market square is...
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  • By a005116 on August 26, 2002
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    • City Square/Grote Markt - Brugge
    by a005116
    The Market square is completely dominated by the cloth hall and the 83 meter high Belfry tower, one of the symbols of the city. The wooden spire that crowned the tower was again destroyed by fire in 1493 en 1741. After the last fire it was never rebuilt. Like in most cities of the Low Countries the belfry tower was the place where the important documents of the city were preserved.

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    City Square/Grote Markt: Market square (Markt, La Grande Place)
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    • Zuzka
  • Updated By Zuzka on July 2, 2003
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    Market square
    by Zuzka
    This is not 'leaning tower' in Pisa, but the Belfry - Beffroy. One can climb 80 meter high tower. Anyway I have red that the tower leans to the left by more than a meter so maybe the photographer (my husband) was not completly drunk when taking this picture. On the left side the Provincial Government Palace (current seat of the West-Flanders Provincial Council).

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