The-canals-of-Flanders-around-Damme-3
A few miles from Brugge, you have the small town of Damme.
In the Middle-Ages, this used to be the harbour of Brugge, one of the wealthiest cities in the North.
Due to silt the North Sea is now about 25 miles out, but Damme retained it's reputation for good food and beer, wonderful old buildings full of the history of revolutionary Flanders.
Centuries later Napoleon saw the importance of the area and ordered a system of canals to be built.
Today, whichever road you come from, if you want to get to Damme, you'll drive along those beautiful treelined canals.
I walked across one of the bridges, a major junction, in Oostkerke, of those magnificent, unique tree lined canals.
Behind me were syphons and sluices.
A UNIQUE landscape that just goes on and on and on...
A photographer's paradise!
Have a wonderful day, filled with love and beauty, M, (*_*)
Please do not COPY or use any of my images on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
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The-canals-of-Flanders-around-Damme-3
A few miles from Brugge, you have the small town of Damme.
In the Middle-Ages, this used to be the harbour of Brugge, one of the wealthiest cities in the North.
Due to silt the North Sea is now about 25 miles out, but Damme retained it's reputation for good food and beer, wonderful old buildings full of the history of revolutionary Flanders.
Centuries later Napoleon saw the importance of the area and ordered a system of canals to be built.
Today, whichever road you come from, if you want to get to Damme, you'll drive along those beautiful treelined canals.
I walked across one of the bridges, a major junction, in Oostkerke, of those magnificent, unique tree lined canals.
Behind me were syphons and sluices.
A UNIQUE landscape that just goes on and on and on...
A photographer's paradise!
Have a wonderful day, filled with love and beauty, M, (*_*)
Please do not COPY or use any of my images on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Why not view the set as a slide-show?
Also I often upload more than one image at the same time, I see a tendency to only view the last uploaded...