Monuments and architecture

On the upper floor of this elegant city mansion with its picturesque garden (16th to 19th century) the oeuvre of the versatile British artist Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956) is on display on the top floor.

The most important of Bruges’ towers stands 83 metres tall.

The charismatic area of Bonifaciusbridge and Arentshof has the ability to enchant many a visitor.

From this mansion, the Liberty of Bruges (the countryside in a wide area around the city) was once governed.

This international music and art centre is one of the 1001 buildings you must see before you die. This international music and art centre is a place that offers the very best in contemporary dance and classical music. The impressive Concert Auditorium (1,289 seats) and intimate Chamber Music Hall (322 seats) are famed for their excellent acoustics.

In 2002 Swiss engineer Jürg Conzett opened up the city ramparts with this ingenious design spanning the Coupure.

The Ezelpoort was built during the construction of the second ring of ramparts in 1297.

This corner house was once the headquarters of the Florentine merchants and it dates back to the 13th century.

Gentpoort (Gate of Ghent) is one of four remaining medieval city gates.

This literary and biographical museum about the life of Guido Gezelle (1830- 1899), one of Flanders’ most famous poets, was established in the house where he was born, situated in a peaceful working-class district of the city.

In the museum you can journey through three crucial periods in the history of Bruges.

Pieter Bladelin, treasurer of the order of the Golden Fleece, had this city palace built around 1440.

This Gothic mansion was built in the second half of the 15th century by Jan III de Baenst (1483), a local politician and chamberlain of the Duke of Burgundy.

A gleaming terrestrial globe proudly sits on top of Boechoute, the house on the corner.

At the right corner of Wollestraat street you will undoubtedly notice this stately, late Gothic mansion, Perez de Malvenda House.

The first Kruispoort gate was built simultaneously with the second rampart (1297-1304) and already rebuilt in 1366.

The Poertoren tower, which rises more than 18 metres above the water line, was constructed in 1401 by master mason Jan van Oudenaerde and is a remnant of the late-medieval city walls.

This imposing building in neo-Gothic style was constructed in two phases (1887-1892 and 1914-1921) and refers to the Gothic façades of the town hall of Bruges and Gruuthuse palace.

This site on Predikherenrei and Langestraat was occupied by a Dominican monastery between the 14th century and the close of the 18th century.

The Guild of Saint Sebastian is an archers’ guild that has already been in existence for more than 600 years, which is unprecedented anywhere in the world.

Saint John’s Hospital has an eight hundred-year-old history of caring for pilgrims, travellers, the poor and the sick.

Windmills have graced Bruges’ ramparts ever since the construction of the outer city wall at the end of the 13th century.

The first Blacksmith’s Gate (Smedenpoort) dates from 1297-1299; the current gate was built on the remains of the old one in 1367.

Bruges' City Hall (1376-1420) is one of the oldest in the Low Countries.

In the Middle Ages a toll was levied at St.