Bruges Almshouses

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Godshuizen, or almshouses, are charitable housing in Belgium historically built by wealthy benefactors or guilds as dwellings for elderly citizens. Residence of a godshuis, from the Dutch for god house, were obliged to offer prayers of thanks in the complex's chapel. Many of the picturesque almshouses in Brugge, some dating from the medieval ages, have been modernized, restored and made available to the elderly. Their small gardens are usually open to the public. - AsNotedIn

Places

Place	Locale	Type	AsNotedIn
Van Volden and De Moor	Bruges
OLV-van-Blindekens	Bruges
De Meulenaere and Sint-Jozef	Bruges
Het Rooms Convent	Bruges
De Pelikaan	Bruges
Sint-Joosgodshuis Bruges	Bruges
De Vette Vispoort	Bruges
Godshuizen Elisabeth Zorghe - Godshuizen der Schippers	Bruges
Godshuis De Vos	Bruges
Bruges Folk Museum	Bruges		WHLc