Saturday 3 December 2011

A second ship model


There is a second ship model in a chapel. In de Blindekenskapel (chapel of the Blind), in the Kreupelenstraat (street of the Cripples). The chapel belongs to the former almshouses for the blind, and is pictured in the post titled "Godshuizen". As there was a great shortage of food in 1588, the arrival of the "St-Andries",with it's cargo of grain, saved the citizens of Bruges from starvation. A model of the "St-Andries" hangs in the chapel since then.

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