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Great St Elizabeth Beguinage, Ghent
A haven of peace, away from the bustling cityMonuments and buildingsBeguines were single women who lived together as a Catholic community in a ‘beguinage’. The beguines took no religious vows but had to live by the...
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Small Beguinage Our Lady ter Hoyen
The Ghent Beguines, quietly independentMonuments and buildingsParks and green spacesBy the end of the 18th century, beguines only existed in the Low Countries. They had a relatively independent status. The last Ghent beguine died...
