Thursday, April 12, 2012

Begijnhof


To me the most beautiful place in Bruges is the Begijnhof. We stumbled upon it by accident but it was here that I felt like plopping myself on the grass, in between the hundreds and hundreds of daffodils, and just be. It is magical!

The Begijnhof was founded in 1245 as a lay sisterhood. Women could live and dress as nuns but they did not take vows and were able to return to their "old lives" if they wanted.

Since the 1930s Benedictine sisters live and pray in the small church and the little white houses surrounding a park with old trees. 







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