Bruges Market Square (Grote Markt)
Bruges, Belgium

Bruges is a city with two town squares. The largest one is the Market, the commercial heart of medieval Bruges. The second square is called the "Burg,"  the heart of the administrative Bruges. 

The Belfry The Belfry – situated on the south side of the Markt. Bruges' most famous landmark is its 13th-century belfry, housing a municipal carillon comprising 48 bells.  The Belfry The Belfry:  pinnacles with crockets The Belfry. Crenelation ... Blind arcade ... Quatrefoils and trefoils in tympanums ... Two tie rod anchors The Belfry: stringcourses The Belfry The Belfry The Belfry The Belfry The Belfry The Belfry

Restaurants and Shops Stepped gables

Two flanking buiildings feature step gables; center building has steeply pitched gable roof. Note bas-relief panel at left and carvings in tympanums Round pediment topped by finial ... Three tie rod anchors 1614 cartouche   Bas-relief panels in tympanums ... Keystones ... Tie rod anchors