Old St. John's Hospital
Located next to the Church of Our Lady, the premises contain some of Europe's oldest surviving hospital buildings. The hospital grew during the Middle Ages and was a place where sick pilgrims and travellers were cared for. The site was later expanded with the building of a monastery and convent. In the 19th century, further construction led to a hospital with eight wards around a central building.
Not until 1977 did the building's function as a hospital stop, at which time it was moved to a newer modern hospital in Brugge Sint-Pieters. The city of Bruges took over the buildings. Today part of the hospital complex holds the popular Hans Memling museum, named for the German-born Early Netherlandish painter, where a number of works, such as triptychs are displayed, as well as hospital records, medical instruments and other works of art.
The hospital site is also used as a congress and exhibition centre, the site Oud Sint-Jan.
On 13 April 2020, the square in the hospital was named after Eleonora Verbeke, a nun at the hospital in the eighteenth century.
References
- ^ "Sint-Janshospitaal". Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
- ^ Patrick Barkham (2008-05-03). "Land of the friet". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
- ^ "Too Much Belgian Beer? Go to the Memling Hospital Museum in Bruges". 2010-04-01. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
- ^ Eleonora Verbeke, hét voorbeeld van ‘Meer vrouw op straat’ in Brugge: “Haar boek is een voorloper van elk kookboek”, Het Laatste Nieuws, 2020-04-13
External links
- Media related to Sint-Janshospitaal (Bruges) at Wikimedia Commons
- Sint-Janshospitaal museum visitor information
- Site Oud Sint-Jan congress centre