Bruges - Hospital de San Juan, reviving the medieval atmosphere among works of art

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St. John's Hospital in Bruges in Flanders, Belgium

your visit of Bruges during a trip through Flanders, in Belgium, you will find the possibility of discovering charming corners.

One of the attractions of this trip will be the possibility of seeing the best collections of paintings of the early flamingos, which focus on the Groeninge museum from Witches.

But the visit of the old San Juan Hospital It has something very special, which goes beyond seeing Flemish paintings.

St. John's Hospital in Bruges in Flanders, Belgium

This old hospital is in front of the church of Our Lady, monument where, out of curiosity, I will tell you that you can see a sculpture of Miguel Angel.

And it's also very close to San Bonifacio Bridge, one of the corners of the Bruges canals More suggestive and visited by tourists.

Upon entering the San Juan Hospital you will discover the open enclosure of what was a medieval hospital It goes back more than 800 years.

Originally, back in the year 1127, the hospital was located next to the first city wall, but according to Bruges it was growing, it already became intramural.

Entrance to St. John's Hospital in Bruges in Flanders, Belgium

He San Juan Hospital It was the most important health institution of the medieval Bruges, the place where nuns and brothers took care of the sick, but also travelers and pilgrims.

Now in the whole precinct of the old hospital and its church you will find a museum where numerous objects and documents used in its day in the hospital institution are presented, as well as works of art, including paintings.

I tell you that the hospital has a special charm.

In the huge nursing room where the beds were aligned, as you can see in paintings of the time, you will see those exhibits so that they will move to the environment that was to be lived in this enclosure during medieval times.

Paintings by Hans Memling at the San Juan Hospital in Bruges

An added attraction that you will find in the San Juan de Brujas Hospital are the works of Hans Memling

It is one of the most famous Flemish primitive painters, who will be entrusted with religious paintings for that institution, which you will see exposed with great prominence.

In the enclosure of the current museum you can also visit the old pharmacy, located in the place occupied by a convent that was built in 1300.

In front of it you will see the great building that in the nineteenth century was built to fulfill the functions of a new hospital, which in 1978 was closed to currently house a Congress Center.

Former pharmacy of the San Juan Hospital in Bruges

In sum, one of the most charming places you can find in Bruges.

Schedules Hospital San Juan Brujas

The Visiting hours of the Hospital of San Juan de Brujas They are every day of the week, from 9.30 to 17 hours, with last access half an hour before.

Keep in mind that on Mondays this museum is closed to the public.

Works of art at the San Juan Hospital in Bruges

The ticket prices They are, for adults, 8 euros, and for children under 25 and over 65, 6 euros. With the card Brugge City Card You will enter for free.

Pictures Hospital San Juan

Here I leave you more Photos of the charming San Juan de Brujas Hospital, in Flanders.






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Video: Congrescentrum Oud Sint-Jan Bruges (March 2024).