Detached, medieval city gate, located west of Buiten Kruisvest and with varying destinations over time. Built as a city gate, later used as a caretaker's house and war history museum (until approximately 1988). There are now plans to permanently house the Open Monument Day youth project here.
(Immovable Heritage Inventory)

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April 6, 2023

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The oldest Kruispoort was built near the second wall (1297-1304) and was replaced in 1366. Philip van Artevelde destroyed that gate when he took the city with the Gentenaars in 1382. Gate number three followed in 1400. Only the two heavy towers with their narrow passage and two octagonal turrets have been preserved. Charles V, Napoleon, the German army, they all walked into Bruges through this gate.

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May 15, 2021

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The first gate (1297-1304) on this spot was part of the second Bruges city wall from 1297. A new gate was erected in 1366, designed by the master masons Mathias …

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