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Review:
Located in Belgium’s Flanders Region is the Flemish Beguinages, a collection of 13 sites that highlight the cultural traditions of the beguines, a group of unmarried or widowed women who chose to dedicate their lives to God without removing themselves from the outside world. During the 13th century they established the beguinages, or closed neighborhoods, specifically designed to cater to their material and spiritual needs. These communities were surrounded by walls or deep ditches with a single gate that would remained open during the day. The interiors were designed based on the cultural regions they were constructed in, rural or urban, and were comprised of ancillary buildings, churches, houses, and green spaces.
Grote Market 34, 8900, Ieper, Belgium
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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