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Beguinage

Beguinage - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

A beguinage, from the French term , is an architectural complex which was created to house beguines: lay religious women who lived in community without taking vows or retiring from the world. Read more on Wikipedia

• type: UNESCO World Heritage Site
• date from: None
• UNESCO World Heritage Site: 855

Source: en.wikipedia.org