{"id":7542,"date":"2020-02-04T15:20:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T14:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erasmushouse.museum\/discover\/beguinage\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:15:07","slug":"beguinage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/erasmushouse.museum\/en\/discover\/beguinage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beguinage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Beguinage<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

DISCOVER<\/h3>\n

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It was in 1252 that a beguinage was set up in the shadow of the Romanesque church of Saint Peter, now the Gothic collegiate church of Saint Peter and Saint Guidon. This is the smallest beguinage in Belgium and used to house eight beguines. In popular parlance, the beguinage was known as the “Klaphuis”: the chatterbox.<\/p>\n

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A religious as well as lay institution<\/h2>\n

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The Anderlecht Beguinage, both a religious and lay institution, was reserved for single women or widows. These women practised chastity and obedience but did not have to take perpetual vows and could leave the community. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”30″ equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” row_content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1582801353425{padding-top: 5% !important;padding-bottom: 5% !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1662035814268{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.erasmushouse.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Selec_Be\u0301guinage-7\u00a9Jonathan_Ortegat_Erasmus_House_Beguinage_museums_web.png?id=16711) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”480px”][vc_column_text]\u00a9 Jonathan Ortegat and Erasmus House & Beguinage museums[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”40″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

A Museum<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4903″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1578676866014{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1699265448345{padding-left: 10% !important;}”]The beguinage, which became a hospice after the French Revolution, was turned into a museum in 1930. This museum was dismantled in 2021 for in-depth restoration of the building, work that has just been completed. For now the public will be able to discover the work done to restore the original appearance of this extraordinary, unique architectural heritage site in Europe.<\/p>\n

A new museum project meeting the demands of a contemporary institution rooted in the present is now being developed.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40″][vc_column_text]Photos of the restored beguinage \u00a9 Jonathan Ortegat and Erasmus House & Beguinage museums[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” css=”.vc_custom_1578678749492{padding-top: 5% !important;padding-bottom: 5% !important;background-color: #fdf6f0 !important;}” simple_background_color=”#fdf6f0″][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_content_width=”grid”][vc_column_inner][vc_masonry_media_grid element_width=”3″ gap=”2″ item=”mediaGrid_Default” initial_loading_animation=”none” grid_id=”vc_gid:1770736487082-a2461188-0c29-9″ include=”16691,16685,16697,16694,16688,16700,8094,8104″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” content_text_aligment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1582801438680{padding-top: 2% !important;padding-bottom: 5% !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/erasmushouse.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/eramus-quote-7.png?id=4871) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle” row_content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1588101977139{padding-top: 5% !important;padding-bottom: 5% !important;}” el_class=”adage”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Ubi amici, ibi opes<\/span><\/h2>\n
Your wealth is where your friends are<\/span><\/h5>\n

Erasmus, Adagium<\/em> n\u00b0224 (I, III, 24)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Study Centre<\/h2>\n

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ERASMUS<\/h2>\n

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The Study Centre<\/h2>\n

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ERASMUS<\/h2>\n

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