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MuseumsSite Name: St. John Hospital Brugge Alternative Name: Sint Janshospitaal BruggeCountry: Belgium Province: West-Vlaanderen Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Brugge Nearest Village: Brugge
Latitude: 51.203867N Longitude: 3.223781E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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This Hospital originates from 1150AD and provided care and a place to sleep for people who needed this.
Today it is a Museum with artifacts of herbs and medicins during 800 years of hospitals.
It houses 7 paintings of Hans MEMLING, who lived in Brugge in the 15th century.
The site has a Pharmacy from the 17th century.
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