IN BRUGGE, THE LIGHTS COME ON AT NINE…
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And people come out into the cooler evening-air.
This is the BLIND DONKEY STREET…
A FUN STORY… The Brugge inhabitants are renowned for their sense of humour, and I always feel it is reflected in names of streets, places, houses, shops, and lots of other things!
We proceed to the very short Blinde Ezelstraat, the little street joining the Fish-market square and beautiful square: THE BURG.
Don’t forget to look up to the lovely arch between City Hall and Old Civil Registry, do you see Solomon? Also the statue of Prosperity and the statue of Peace.
According to legend, Blinde Ezelstraat (Blind Donkey Street) owes its name to an old inn… In a document of 1490 named the inn, The Blind Ezele that given to the Registry, a blind donkey.
The house in the left-hand corner hugging the Canal used to house a malt mill driven by a donkey as well.
In order to preserve the poor animal from the depressing thought that the only thing it had to do was turn endless rounds, and according to the custom of the brewers to blindfold the donkeys that had to step on the treadmill of malting, and thus prevent them from becoming dizzy.
I wish you a day full of beauty and thank you for your visit, Magda, (*_*)
For more of my other work visit here: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
IN BRUGGE, THE LIGHTS COME ON AT NINE…
#Ab_Fav_STREETSCENES
And people come out into the cooler evening-air.
This is the BLIND DONKEY STREET…
A FUN STORY… The Brugge inhabitants are renowned for their sense of humour, and I always feel it is reflected in names of streets, places, houses, shops, and lots of other things!
We proceed to the very short Blinde Ezelstraat, the little street joining the Fish-market square and beautiful square: THE BURG.
Don’t forget to look up to the lovely arch between City Hall and Old Civil Registry, do you see Solomon? Also the statue of Prosperity and the statue of Peace.
According to legend, Blinde Ezelstraat (Blind Donkey Street) owes its name to an old inn… In a document of 1490 named the inn, The Blind Ezele that given to the Registry, a blind donkey.
The house in the left-hand corner hugging the Canal used to house a malt mill driven by a donkey as well.
In order to preserve the poor animal from the depressing thought that the only thing it had to do was turn endless rounds, and according to the custom of the brewers to blindfold the donkeys that had to step on the treadmill of malting, and thus prevent them from becoming dizzy.
I wish you a day full of beauty and thank you for your visit, Magda, (*_*)
For more of my other work visit here: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved