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From, Beautiful Buildings in France & Belgium, Including many which have been destroyed during the war. Reproductions in Colour and Monochrome from rare old Prints and Drawings, by and after Prout, Boys, Coney, W. Callow, David Roberts, C. Wild and others, with descriptive notes, by C. Harrison Townsend, F.R.I.B.A.; New York: The Hubbell Publishing Co., 1916; pp. 58-61.


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BRUGES :  LES HALLES AND BELFRY

(S. Prout)

Black and white drawing of Les Halles and Belfry in Bruges, by S. Prout.  Tower built at the end of the XIIIth century.



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Bruges

LES HALLES AND BELFRY

(S. Prout.)

Block Print of the decorated letter IT is possible to compare the tower of this well-known building with that of Bergues, shown in the preceding Plate, and to admit that the latter building, though on a less grandiose and important scale, has all the advantages when proportion and gracefulness are considered.

Both this drawing by Prout and the following one by Coney, allow us to estimate the value of the alterations which, under the name of “restoration,” took place towards the end of the last century.

The tower, built at the end of the XIIIth century, formerly terminated in a spire 60 flanked by four turrets. This upper portion was destroyed by fire and replaced by the present octagon, with its flying buttresses, erected quite at the end of the XIVth century. It now houses the celebrated chime of bells and carillon.



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