Description:
The Flemish nobleman and herb merchant Lodewijk Van Gruuthuse, who was a counselor to the Dukes of Burgundy in the 1400s, lived in this ornate Gothic mansion. Among the 2,500 numbered antiquities in the eclectic collection lodged in the house are paintings, sculptures, tapestries, lace, weapons, glassware, and richly carved furniture. Look out for the painted wooden bust of Habsburg Emperor Charles V in one of the rooms: It shows him as a fresh-faced kid, ready and raring to go to work on the political, military, and religious dilemmas of the empire -- worries that were to age him quickly enough.
- © Frommer's 2013
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Awards:
Frommer's
- Recommended 2010
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Contact:
- tel: 050/44-87-11
Address:
- Dijver 17
- in a courtyard next to the Groeninge Museum
- Bruges
Hours:
- Tues-Sun 9:30am-5pm (open Easter Monday and Pentecost Monday)
Strenuousness:
- No Sweat
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