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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën
April 2, 2022
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Minnemeersbrug and surroundings
This area was an “upstal”, an undeveloped piece of land along the water, ceded to the people of Ghent in 1213 by Count Ferrand of Portugal. Provided …
This area was an “upstal”, an undeveloped piece of land along the water, ceded to the people of Ghent in 1213 by Count Ferrand of Portugal. Provided …
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•Katrien
February 22, 2021
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The Minnemeersbrug is a stone arch bridge over the Leie in the city of Ghent. The bridge consists of one span over the Leie. At the four corners of the …
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•DirkWi
December 29, 2024
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As @Katrien already wrote, the "Minne" part of the name refers to "gemene", in the sense of "common/shared" meers (wet ground, see relationship with the term 'marsh').
However, the name of the bridge was translated at the time as 'Pont du Pré d'Amour", as is chiseled into a stone halfway along the bridge. "Pont du Pré Commun" would actually have been more correct.
However, the name of the bridge was translated at the time as 'Pont du Pré d'Amour", as is chiseled into a stone halfway along the bridge. "Pont du Pré Commun" would actually have been more correct.
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