Bruges, Belgium

by Chris Armytage

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Bruges, Belgium

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Chris Armytage

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Painting - Digital Mixed Medium

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Mized media digital landscape painting Copyright 2018 ChrisArmytage Photographic Artist, Australia.

Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country.
Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, such as Amsterdam, it is sometimes referred to as the Venice of the North.
Bruges has a significant economic importance, thanks to its port, and was once one of the world's chief commercial cities.
Bruges is well known as the seat of the College of Europe, a university institute for European studies. After 1965 the original medieval city experienced a renaissance. Restorations of residential and commercial structures, historic monuments, and churches generated a surge in tourism and economic activity in the ancient downtown area. International tourism has boomed, and new efforts resulted in Bruges being designated 'European Capital of Culture' in 2002. It attracts some 2 million tourists annually.[29]

The port of Zeebrugge was built in 1907. The Germans used it for their U-boats in World War I. It was greatly expanded in the 1970s and early 1980s and has become one of Europe's most important and modern ports.

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June 29th, 2018

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