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Bruges
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Cap. of W. Flanders, in Belgium, 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; has a number of fine churches, one specially noteworthy, the church of Notre Dame; it has several manufactures, textile and chemical, as well as distilleries, sugar-refineries, and shipbuilding yards.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Bruges'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/bruges.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Bruges'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/bruges.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
