Dominican friary, Bruges

[1] The Dominicans were established there in 1234; their community was suppressed during the French occupation of Belgium in 1796.

[1] The State Archives in Bruges are now housed on part of the former site of the friary.

Joan, Countess of Flanders, granted the Dominicans a foundation in Bruges in 1234, and they quickly built a cloister and church.

[1] In the 1280s the Dominicans began work on a new, larger church, which was consecrated in 1311 and completed in 1320.

[1] Such remnants of the friary buildings as survive have been listed as protected built heritage since 1980.