Bruges

Bruges is a city in Belgium. It is the capital of West Flanders. The city is intersected by canals crossed by some 50 bridges, whence its name "Bridges". One of these canals, of considerable depth, connecting it with Ostend. Though many of them are now, as well as some of the streets, little disturbed by traffic, in a decayed and a decaying place, having once had a population of 200,000. The city has a number of fine churches, one specially noteworthy, the church of Notre Dame. It has also several manufactures, textile and chemical, as well as distilleries, sugar-refineries, and shipbuilding yards.

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Bruin, Brumaire, Brunck, Brunei Darussalam, Brunelleschi, Brunetiere