Brugge, a prosperous trading city since the 1300s, was ruined financially when the shipping channel that served it silted up in the 1500s. Ironically, because it remained too impoverished to modernize for 300 crucial years, it is now perhaps the world's best preserved medieval city.
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| The River Meuse seen from the Citadel. Dinant, Belgium, 2006 |
One of the places Kerouac wrote about; I had to come here sooner or later. Big Sur, 2006 |
Halászbástya (Fisherman’s Bastion): In the Middle Ages, the city’s fishermen would defend this sector of the city ramparts. Budapest, 2007 |
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| Sint Jan’s, a medieval hospital. Brugge, 2009 |
I couldn't resist this dappled sunlight. de Begijnhof, Brugge, 2009 |
I'd give anything to live right here. Augustijnenrei & Vlamingstraat, |