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Title: Guide through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland and England : souvenir of the North German Lloyd, Bremen
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Norddeutscher Lloyd
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Publisher: Berlin : J. Reichmann & Cantor
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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s of thoseknights of the Golden Fleece whowere present here in 1478. Thechurch of Notre Dame contains stillmore works of art and interestingobjects than the Cathedral. Finemarble group of the Virgin and InfantChrist, by Michael Angelo, the in-teresting tomb of Charles the Bold,and his daughter. The effigies areof copper, and the finest specimensof the kind extant. Notice the admir-ably carved pulpit and the excellentpaintings. Near here is the Hospitalof St. John, 500 years old and con-taining the gems of Bruges; Memlingspaintings, the story of St. Ursala. Theyalone, are worth coming here to see.There are also other paintings hereby the same master. The JerusalemChurch contains a model of Jerusalem,said, by competent judges, to be an ex-cellent imitation. The Church of St. 408 BRTJSSEL. HaSstab 1:54000. lKJlo_mjetfcA\ iBeUiarcLf General) 2 EgmontvuBboTvi, 3 GottfrvstixBoujlLon 4 EtiptoLothringen, 5 HmgreBsdzLle.GZeopold, L7 JtfcfrtyrerdenJsTTial_„ QTtealULsOinatom,),-r—s Trxt/nway
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Bibliofir. Institut in. Leipzig. Anna has some good carved panelwork and paintings. St. Basil, orChapel de Saint Sang, derives itsname from the reliquary containingdrops of the Saviours blood. St.Gilles is remarkable for its opentimber work and fine stained glasswindows. The Church of St. Jacques,a brick Gothic structure, dating fromthe 13th century, contains much ofinterest. St. Madeleine is a fine Gothicchurch, containing little of interest.The Museum contains the fine col-lection of the Academy, some of thebest works of Dutch and Flemishmasters. The famous Belfry of Bruges,which Longfellow has immortalized inhis poem, known to every schoolboy,is 322 feet high and contains a beauti-ful chime of bells. It dates from theyear 1482. The building is now usedas a market. In the Cranenburg, nowan inn, the Emperor Maximilian wasonce confined by the citizens. TheHotel de Ville, dating from the 14th.century, is externally and internally,perhaps, from an architectural pointof view, the most in

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