Beguinage of Kortrijk

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beguinage historic site

The Beguinage of Kortrijk is a historic, UNESCO-listed medieval courtyard complex in Kortrijk, Belgium, that once housed a semi-monastic community of lay religious women known as beguines.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Begijnhofpark Kortrijk	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Beguinage)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	beguinage ⓘ historic site ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
culturalSignificance	example of urban religious community for women in medieval Flanders ⓘ part of the tradition of beguinages in the Low Countries ⓘ
currentUse	residential area ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
foundedAs	community for beguines ⓘ
governingBody	City of Kortrijk NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Baroque architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Flemish architecture ⓘ medieval architecture ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation	50.828°N 3.266°E ⓘ
hasHeritageNumber	Belgian heritage register ID for Kortrijk beguinage ⓘ
hasOfficialName	Begijnhof Kortrijk NERFINISHED ⓘ Begijnhof Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Engelen NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	church ⓘ conventual buildings ⓘ courtyard ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ rows of small houses ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus	protected monument ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Protected heritage site in Belgium ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception	13th century ⓘ
languageOfName	Dutch ⓘ
locatedIn	Flanders ⓘ Kortrijk NERFINISHED ⓘ West Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ historic city centre of Kortrijk NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Church of Saint Martin, Kortrijk NERFINISHED ⓘ Kortrijk city hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Begijnhofstraat, Kortrijk NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
partOf	Flemish Béguinages NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent	included in UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998 ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria	(ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId	855-006 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site "Flemish Béguinages" NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	housing beguines ⓘ religious life of lay women ⓘ semi-monastic community life ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kortrijk → hasLandmark → Beguinage of Kortrijk ⓘ

Lier → hasHeritageDesignation → Beguinage of Kortrijk ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Beguinage)

Broel Towers → near → Beguinage of Kortrijk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Begijnhofpark Kortrijk