From the Belfry of Bruges by photosynthesis
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A view of the beautiful medieval town of Bruges from the belfry (which was a long climb up, but well worth it for the spectacular view). The belfry has a history of unfortunate calamities, as described in this Wikipedia excerpt:
"The belfry was added to the main market square around 1240, when Bruges was prospering as an important centre of the Flemish cloth industry. After a devastating fire in 1280, the tower was largely rebuilt. The city archives, however, were forever lost to the flames.
The octagonal upper stage of the belfry was added between 1483 to 1487, and capped with a wooden spire bearing an image of Saint Michael, banner in hand and dragon underfoot. The spire did not last long: a lightning strike in 1493 reduced it to ashes, and destroyed the bells as well. A wooden spire crowned the summit again for some two-and-a-half centuries, before it, too, fell victim to flames in 1741. The spire was never replaced again, thus making the current height of the building somewhat lower than in the past; but an openwork stone parapet in Gothic style was added to the rooftop in 1822."
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Comments (14)
mairekas
Wonderful view of Old Town!
DAVER2112
Great pov. Excellent capture. :)
Juliette.Gribnau
Bruges (Brugge) is such a lovely city, and you captured it wonderfully in this pov.
auntietk
What a great view! Beautiful image.
alanwilliams
superb ariel view of this acient city
sandra46
WONDERFUL ROOFSCAPE!
npauling
What a superb view from a way up here and it is a lovely capture.
Feliciti
impressive POV and looks very beautiful there!!
angora
beautiful view, great compo too!!! (you must have been half dead when you got up there?) we know Brugge veryyy well, only an hour's drive from here, but never seen it from this POV fantastic!!!
cfulton
This town is on my list of places to travel to. The view is stunning, the architecture spectacular. Clive
Adobe_One_Kenobi
I hate heights, I would have blown chunks at this stage. but this is a fantastic image, this would make a fantastic "tilt shift" effect image.
Richardphotos
very beautiful cityscape.I love elevated views like this
anahata.c
I'll stop here for now, but there's alot to see in this wonderful gallery. I choose this because it's got a lot of things I love in city-overviews: Real clarity in the details, and real atmosphere, as it slowly engulfs the city in the background. Also, how the hues in the atmosphere morph, it seems, in "bands", as one goes back into the distance...A real northern european cityscape, the roofs and their juxtapositions beautifully crowded into each other. And the image goes from a dark bottom to dissolving light on the top. Beautiful cityscape...I'm with Richard, above.
nikolais
fabulous bird's view of the town I really like