Bruges

View of Bruges, showing the market place and the Belfry tower. The Belfry is a 83-metres high mediaeval tower; first added to the square circa 1240, it was rebuilt in 1280 after a fire. The octagonal upper stage of the Belfry was added between 1482 to 1486. It housed the former city treasury and the municipal archives.

Object Details

ID: PAH6122
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Places: Bruges
Date made: 17th? century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Herschel Collection
Measurements: Sheet: 558 x 446 mm