Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Kortrijk, Belgium

The St. John's Church or St. John the Baptist Church is located in the Belgian city of Kortrijk in the St. John's district. The tower of the church is 58 meters high. The church is exemplary of the neo-Gothic style and has been a protected monument since 2003.

Wikipedia: Sint-Janskerk (Kortrijk) (NL), Heritage Website

1302 is a museum in the Church of Our Lady in Kortrijk, Belgium. The multimedia museum deals with the history and symbolism surrounding the Battle of the Golden Spurs, the historic battle that was fought on the Groeningekouter in Kortrijk on 11 July 1302. The physical museum closed its doors at the end of 2021 and has been transferred to a permanent exhibition in the Church of Our Lady since 2022.

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The Sint-Niklaas chapel is located in the Belgian city of Kortrijk in the Voorstraat. The chapel is part of the convent complex of the sisters of St. Nicholas. Until 2010, a large general hospital was also attached to this monastery, the Sint-Niklaas Hospital on the Houtmarkt, but this was closed after the move of this campus to the AZ Groeninge on the Kennedylaan.

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A khachkar or Armenian cross-stone is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosettes, interlaces, and botanical motifs. Khachkars are characteristic of medieval Christian Armenian art.

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Paul-François-Marie Goethals, S.J., was a Belgian Jesuit priest, missionary in British India and the first Archbishop of Calcutta.

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Saint Martin's Church is the main Roman Catholic church and one of the principal Gothic monuments of Kortrijk (Courtrai), West Flanders, Belgium. The church is dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours.

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The Beguinage in Kortrijk was founded in 1238 by Joanna of Constantinople. The well-preserved medieval part of the city combines a square beguinage and a street beguinage and is 0.7 hectares in size. Since 2 December 1998, it has been part of the cultural and natural world heritage of UNESCO as part of the group registration of Flemish beguinages.

Wikipedia: Begijnhof Kortrijk (NL), Heritage Website

The Count's Chapel is a medieval chapel in the historic city centre of Kortrijk, Belgium. It is located next to the Church of Our Lady. It was built under Louis II, Count of Flanders as a mausoleum to the Counts of Flanders and a shrine to Saint Catherine. The Count's Chapel was finished around 1374.

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The Church of Our Lady is a former collegiate church located in the centre of Kortrijk, Belgium. It was built and established by Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders in 1199.

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Guido Pieter Theodorus Josephus Gezelle was an influential writer and poet and a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium. He is famous for the use of the West Flemish dialect, but he also wrote in other languages like Dutch, English, French, German, Latin and Greek.

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The Belfry of Kortrijk is a medieval bell tower in the historical centre of Kortrijk, Belgium. One of the city's most prominent symbols, the belfry formerly housed a treasury and the municipal archives, and served as an observation post for spotting fires and other danger. A narrow, steep staircase, accessible by the public without any entry fee, leads to the top of the building, which nowadays leans about a bit to the west. In 1999, the belfry was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Belfries of Belgium and France site, in recognition of the civil, not religious, importance and architecture of the belfries in the region.

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St. Michael's Church is a church in Kortrijk, Belgium. It is located on Sint-Michielsplein in the historic city centre. The church has been a protected monument since 1942.

Wikipedia: Sint-Michielskerk (Kortrijk) (NL)