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Count Thierry of Alsace with the Holy Blood in the Procession, 200989

The Holy Blood of Bruges, a New Jerusalem

The Holy Blood of Christ seems to have turned medieval Bruges (in Flanders, Belgium) into a Holy City. It's what, since the 19th century, made tourism popular in Bruges. But maybe this Holy City is not as holy as it seems...

3 comments    travel religion conspiracy
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Clydesdale Draft Horse

Probably the most recognized of draft horse breeds in American, thanks to beer and football, is the Clydesdale. Staring in some of the Super Bowl's most memorial commercials, the Clydesdale hitch is well...

3 comments    scotland super bowl feathers
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Bruges-la-Morte, by Georges Rodenbach

In 1892 Georges Rodenbach published his masterpiece Bruges-la-Morte. The short novel immediately was acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of the "decadent movement" in French literature, a vision...

2 comments    photographs novel paris
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How Big is a Draft Horse?

While most people think of big when they think of draft horses, it is more a matter of what the horse does than its size. That being said, the majority of draft horses are large in size, as the work they do...

2 comments    horse morgan belgian
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Poppy Day

In 1918 at 11 am on the 11th of November the 11th month,the guns finaly fell silent as the ceasfire was signed bringing an end to World War 1. Every year since then the world has stood as one to remember...

5 comments    death war europe
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In Flanders Fields

The last entry of the First World War poetry series "Shell Shocked Isabel Shrapnel" is a Special about the most famous poem from the First World War: In Flanders Fields, by John McCrae.

0 comments    arts poetry belgium
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Visiting Bruges-la-Morte, a medieval ghost city

One of those many timeless carriages, which are available to tourists, stopped for me. The coachman looked very, very old... but he offered me kindly a free ride. 'Sir,' I said, 'you who drives day and...

1 comment    entertainment education travel
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Traditional Flemish (Belgian) Meat Stew (Stoofvlees)

Traditional Flemish (Belgian) Meat Stew Recipe Ingredients: 700 – 900 gr. stewing beef cut into medium (bite) sized chunks oil or butter for frying 2 large onions (ring-chopped) 1...

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Holy Grail (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosetti01.jpg)77

The Story of the Grail by Chretien de Troyes

Chrétien de Troyes was a French poet who was the first to write about the Grail, but what is the Grail... and where can the Grail be? Some believe the Grail is the Holy Blood of Christ, or his royal bloodline... and this Holy Blood was brought to Bruges, by the Templars.

2 comments    arts literature holy
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In Flanders Fields... the poem

In Flanders Fields - a poem by Dr. John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid...

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