Het Steen, Bruges

[1][2] It is not clear whether the building was a successor to the Oude Steen, which is on Wollestraat – in the oldest part of the city – and which has cornerstones dating back to the 11th or 12th century.

Galbert of Bruges’ story about the murder of Charles the Good also mentions Steen Castle as the residence of the Count.

It is said that one of his successors abandoned the building in the 12th century and chose to stay in the Love on the opposite side of Burg Square when he was visiting Bruges.

[1] At the end of the 13th century, the Count also left the Love and granted the city the right to use a number of buildings around Bruges which he owned.

The plot remained undeveloped until the middle of the 19th century, when the city sold the land and a building and workshop was established there by the ironmonger Joseph De Jaegher.