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Wednesday 2 April 2014

Bruges Flemish Region of Belgium

Bruges Flemish Region of Belgium
Brügge, is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country.The place is first mentioned in records as Bruggas, 
The name probably derives from the Old Dutch for "bridge"; cf. Middle Dutch brucge, brugge (or brugghe, brigghe, bregghe, brogghe), and modern Dutch bruggehoofd ("bridgehead") and Brug ("bridge").The form brugghe would be a southern Dutch variantThe Dutch word and the English "bridge" both derive from Proto-Germanic 
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