beguinage
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- UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS
- Flemish Béguinages
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image
- Begijnhofhuizen in Brugge.jpg
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image_upright
- 1.2
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.caption
- Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde, Bruges
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.location
- Flanders, Belgium
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria
- (ii)(iii)(iv)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 855
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.year
- 1998
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.locmapin
- Belgium
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.map_caption
- Location of Flemish Béguinages World Heritage Site in Belgium
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- BeguinageTerHoyenGhent04.jpg
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- Begijnhof
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- Etymology
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- In Belgium
- Other beguinages
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thumb|upright=1.2|View of the St. Elizabeth Beguinage in Kortrijk
A beguinage, from the French term '''', is an architectural complex which was created to house beguines: lay religious women who lived in community without taking vows or retiring from the world.
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