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Flemish Béguinages: The Flemish Béguinage Sint Truiden is one of the Flemish Béguinages in Belgium. Béguinages were founded in the 13th century in the Netherlands and Flanders, at that time a region of the Netherlands. A béguinage consists of a group of small houses built around a church or chapel and enclosed by a wall with an entrance gate. Béguines lived in a béguinage. Béguines were religious women who dedicated their lives to God without retiring from the world. Just like nuns. they lived a religious live, but béguines did not take vows. The Flemish Béguinage Sint Truiden was founded in 1258. The entrance gate did not remain. There is also very little left of the surrounding wall. The Béguinage Church of Saint Agnes was built in the 13th century. The Béguinage Church of Saint Agnes houses religious art, notable are the wall and pillar paintings from around 1300 to the beginning of the 17th century. Thirteen Flemish Béguinages were declared a UNESCO World Heritage in 1998. The Béguinage Sint Truiden is part of this UNESCO World Heritage. Some other Flemish Béguinages: Béguinage of Diest and Béguinage of Tongeren. The town of Sint Truiden consists of two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Flemish Béguinages and Belfries of Belgium and France.

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   Flemish Béguinage of Sint Truiden: The St. Agnes Church or Béguinage Church is probably one of the oldest and most beautiful churches of all Flemish Béguinages. The construction started in 1258. The organ of the St. Agnes Church dates from 1656. The church is renowned for its 38 wall paintings and pillar paintings, dating from the end of the 13th century until the beginning of the 17th century. The Béguinage of Sint Truiden is a UNESCO World Heritage.

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   Flemish Béguinage of Sint Truiden: The Church of St. Agnes is located in a rectangular courtyard bordered by centuries-old béguinage houses, the majority of the houses date back to the 17th and 18th centuries. The béguinage church is the heart of the Flemish Béguinage of Sint Truiden. An infirmary and a béguinage farm were built just outside the courtyard. The bleaching field in front of the church was used to bleach and dry the laundry.

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   Flemish Béguinages: One of the historic houses of the Flemish Béguinage of Sint Truiden. The Béguinage of Sint Truiden was founded in 1258. The béguinage was built outside the town walls of Sint Truiden, the béguinage was surrounded by its own wall and had its own entrance gate. In the heyday, there were about 200 beguines living in the béguinage.

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   Flemish Béguinage of Sint Truiden: One of the historic houses in the béguinage, the Béguinage Church, the St. Agnes Church, is situated in the background. A béguinage consists of a group of small houses built around a church or chapel, enclosed by a wall with an entrance gate. Thirteen Flemish Béguinages in Belgium were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998.

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   Flemish Béguinage of Sint Truiden: The Tower House was probably the residence of the Grande Dame. The Grande Dame ruled over the Béguinage of Sint Truiden. A wall anchor in the wall of the Tower House mentions the year 1619. Béguinages were founded in the 13th century in the Netherlands and Flanders. Flanders was in that time part of the Netherlands.

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   Flemish Béguinages: The former water well in the Flemish Béguinage of Sint Truiden, the water well is now used as a flower box. Béguines lived in a béguinage (in Dutch: begijnhof). Béguines (Dutch: begijnen) were religious women who dedicated their lives to God without retiring from the world. Just like nuns, béguines lived a religious live but did not take vows.

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   A brick house in the former Flemish Béguinage of Sint Truiden. Women who lived in a béguinage supported themselves with nursing and traditional textile skills, such as weaving, spinning, lace- and cloth making. Béguines also spent time in religious contemplation to experience the vision of God. The Town of Sint Truiden is situated in the province of Limburg, in the Flemish region of Belgium, it lies between the cities of Leuven and Luik.

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   The belfry of Sint Truiden is situated outside the béguinage of Sint Truiden, the Belfry of Sint Truiden is part of the UNESCO World Heritage: Belfries of Belgium and France. The town of Sint Truiden consists of two UNESCO World Heritage monuments: Flemish Béguinages and Belfries of Belgium and France. Sint Truiden is a historic town in Belgium.