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Centre of City. BRUGES. 3. Route. 3D
b. Central Part of the City.
On the right side of the short Gruuthuuse-Straat, which leads
to the E. from the church of Notre Dame (p. 28) to the Dyver, is
the Gothic Grunthuuse Mansion. -
The oldest wing of the Gruuthuuse Mansion (PI. B, 6), next
the Reie, was built about 1420 ora little later. The N. fagade, with
the pretty tower and its loggia, was erected in 1465-70 by Lodewyk
van der Cae who here gave shelter in 1474 to the exiled
Edward IV. of England and founded the famous library (now in
Paris). The mansion, which now belongs to the town, has been
largely restored since 1894 and fitted up for the reception of various
collections. The entrance is opposite the Rue Neuve. From the
court we enter the Museum through the gate adorned with an
equestrian statue. On the first floor is a Collection of Lace, and on
the groundfloor municipal Antiquities and objects of industrial art.
Adm. see p. 24
First Floor. The Cortrction or Lace (Museum van Kantwerken or
de Dentelles), in two rooms, embraces a valuable collection of Flemish,
t Mechlin, Dutch, and Valenciennes lace (12-17th cent.),
y the Baroness Liedts, whose bust stands above the
nd room. In the middle of the 1st room is a magni-
e from an altar, with the arms of Charles V. and several
cted on it.
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small rooms with stoneware and Chinese porce-
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with views of Bruges (Minn Cr eLcaye
On the other side of the vestibule is a room
the 14-46th cent. furniture, weapons, etc.
E on of uisioric, Belgo- Roman, and Frankish antiquities
bequeathed by Baron Gilles de Pé Slichy, and the collection of engravin
etchings, and drawings, etc., presented Mr. J. Steinmetz, are tempor-
arily closed to the public. N rooms are under construction.
Following the tree-shaded Dyver to the N.E. from the Gruut-
neuse Mansion, we reach the Rozenhoedkaai or Quai du Rosaire
(Pl. ©, 5), whi ch, like the adjacent Quai Vert (Pl. ©, D, 5), affords
a rue ‘iew of the quaint buildings of the inner tow — From
the Fish Market (Marché au Poisson; Pl. 6, O, 5) the Rue de l’Ane
Aveugle (Blinde Ezel Straat) leads to the N.W. to the Place du
Bourg (p. 37), affording a good view of the rear of the Hétel de
Ville (p. 37) and of the Palais de Justice (p. 38)
From the Quai du Rosaire we cross the Reie and follow the Rue
aux Laines or Wolle-Straat (Pl. C, 5) towards the N.W. No. 28 in
this street, known as ‘In den Girohtert Mortier’, is adorned with
reliefs of 4634, referring to the repulse of the troops of Prince
Frederick Henry (p. xl) by Count John of Nassau-~ Siegen, the
Spanish general, in 1631. — The Rue aux Laines ends at the
quaint-looking —
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