Photo by limil P. Albrecht 

 IvONGFELLOW's CElvEBRAT^D "bELFRY, OLD x\ND BROWN :" THE CLOTH HALL AND ITS 



belfry: BRUGES, BELGIUM 



The hall dates from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The Belfry (352 feet 

 high) was rebuilt after a conflagration in 1280. The two lower stories are thirteenth and 

 fourteenth century. The octagon above them was added in the end of the fifteenth century 

 and the parapet about 1822. 



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