The St John's Hospital, Mariastraat, Bruges: the old porch on Sint Kateijnestraat with the tympanum decorated with reliefs representing Death and the Coronation of the Virgin Country Belgium City Bruges Subject Date 1200 Image Date 1880 View Exterior Style Gothic Medium Photoprint Library Reference 41480/4 Orientation Portrait Colour Info Colour Credit RIBA Collections Subject Decorative stonework ; Hospitals ; Windows ; Brickwork ; Almshouses ; Arches
NOTES: Founded in 1184, this hospital was built to provide housing and care for pilgrims, passers-by and travelling salesmen. The sick were also accepted if their illness was not contagious.
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