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((Short description|Square in Bruges, Belgium))
((refimprove|date=January 2024))
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| image              = Bruges Market Square and Belfry.jpg
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| caption            = The Markt and [[Belfry of Bruges|Belfry]] in [[Bruges]], Belgium
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| map_caption        = Location within Belgium
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The '''Markt''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]] for "Market") is the central [[Town square|square]] of [[Bruges]], [[West Flanders]], Belgium. It is located in the city centre and covers an area of about ((convert|1|ha|abbr=on)). On the south side of the square is one of the city's most famous landmarks, the 12th-century [[Belfry of Bruges|Belfry]].

==History==
The square has attracted many people since the 10th century and the first international annual fair was held around 1200.<ref name=":0">((Cite web |title=History of The Markt |url=https://www.the-markt.com/history |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=www.the-markt.com))</ref> The first hall was built around 1220 as a place to sell merchants' goods. They were small wooden buildings on the south side of the square.<ref name=":0" /> Around 1240, a larger building with a wooden tower was built. In 1280, it was destroyed by a fire and rebuilt in stone from 1291 to 1296. It was also decided to build a "Waterhall" over the Reie river nearby, on the east side of the square. The Waterhall was a covered unloading and storage place for boats from [[Damme]].<ref name=":0" /> Before the Waterhall was built, the goods were loaded and unloaded in the open air at the Reiekaai on the square.

There has been fish trading on the square since 1396. The fishmongers' craft house was on the north side of the square, close to St. Christopher's Church. In 1709, a kind of iron fish market was built, which moved in 1745 together with the fish market to the Braamberg, where the fish market still is today. The corn market was moved from the Braamberg to the square in the same period. Major events, jousts and tournaments were also held then in the square, as well as executions, which attracted large audiences.

In the period between 1807 and 1810 the square was called the "Place Napoléon", then the "Grote Markt". The renaming to "Markt" took place in 1936.<ref name=":0" /> The Markt was completely renovated in 1995–96. Parking spaces on the square were removed and the area became mostly traffic-free, thus being more celebration friendly.<ref name=":0" /> The renovated square was reopened in 1996 with a concert by [[Helmut Lotti]].

((wide image|PanoBrug - IMG 6015 - IMG 6019 - 7525x1974 - CLIN 1.jpg|700px|Panoramic view of the Markt))

==Structures==
The Markt contains several historical structures, including the 12th-century [[Belfry of Bruges|Belfry]] on the south side of the square and the [[Provinciaal Hof|Provincial Court]] at no. 3.((sfn|Rough Guides|2018|p=39)) The latter was originally constructed as the Waterhall. In 1787, it was demolished and replaced by a [[Classicism|classicist]] building, which served as the provincial court from 1850. After a fire in 1878, it was rebuilt in a [[Gothic Revival architecture|neo-Gothic]] style nine years later.<ref>((Cite web |title=East Side |url=https://www.the-markt.com/east-side |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=www.the-markt.com))</ref>

No. 16 was historically the site of a mansion, where [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Maximilian]], heir to the [[Habsburg monarchy|Habsburg Empire]] was imprisoned in 1488. It has since become a café.((sfn|Rough Guides|2018|p=40))

In the centre of the square is a statue of [[Jan Breydel]] and [[Pieter de Coninck]], fighters at the [[Battle of the Golden Spurs]] in 1302. It was originally unveiled in July 1887 in a local ceremony, followed by a formal opening that August by [[Leopold II of Belgium|King Leopold II]].((sfn|Rough Guides|2018|pp=38-39))

<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Belfort Brugge.jpg|[[Belfry of Bruges|Belfry]]
File:Belgium-5940 - Provincial Court (13746435813).jpg|[[Provinciaal Hof]] (Provincial Court)
File:Brugge, straatzicht op de Markt4 2007-08-05 10.00.JPG|[[Cranenburg House]] (left)
File:Bruges Belgium Statue-of-Jan-Breydel-and-Pieter-de-Coninck-on-the-Grote-Markt-01.jpg|Statue of [[Jan Breydel]] and [[Pieter de Coninck]]
File:Belgium-5938 (13746753894).jpg|Post building
</gallery>

==See also==
((portal|Belgium))
* [[Cranenburg House]]

==References==

===Citations===
((reflist))

===Bibliography===
* ((cite book|title=Pocket Rough Guide Bruges and Ghent|publisher=Rough Guides|year= 2018|isbn=978-1-789-19505-7|ref=((harvid|Rough Guides|2018))))
* (fr) Adolphe Duclos, ''Bruges, histoire et souvenirs'', Bruges, 1910
* (nl) Guillaume Michiels, ''De Brugse Markt 1200/1918'', Bruges, Catalogus, 1973
* (nl) Albert Schouteet, ''De straatnamen van Brugge. Oorsprong en betekenis'', Bruges, 1977, 249 p. (ISBN 978-90-6267-503-6)
* (nl) Luc Devliegher, ''Van Waterhalle tot Provinciaal Hof'', Tielt, 1994

==External links==
((commons category|Markt (Brugge)))
* [http://www.skylinewebcams.com/webcam/belgique/flandres/bruges/markt.html Live WebCam]

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[[Category:Squares in Belgium]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Bruges]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Bruges]]
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