beguinage
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Key facts
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History and description
- In Belgium
- Other beguinages
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
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.