[Trappist]

Hi,
Here's a picture I want to show you.
A picture that was taken in 1906 
This photo shows the backs of two breweries with entrances on Wollestraat.
In 1906, they were called Le Tigre Brewery and La Marine Brewery.
There used to be at least four different breweries on Wollestraat!
The other two are the Stedenhuys city brewery and also the building called Peckepuut or Ovaere.



Quite amazing !!!

Cheers,
Filip

[Jay]

It took me a moment to get my bearings Filip 😄 but it's clearly the most photographed corner of Bruges - you can even see our hotel on the right hand side, fascinating stuff 

[Trappist]

Hi Jay,
I only entered Hotel Duc de Bourgogne once, and it was with you 


1960

On the left you can see the façade of the hotel 'Duc de Bourgogne'. The house consists of two stepped gables dating from the 20th century. Sculpture has been applied to the façade. On the Huidenvettersplein there is a column with two lions and a coat of arms. This column was inaugurated on 3 August 1925 as part of the jubilee congress of the Archaeological and Historical Federation of Belgium. At the top right you can see the interior of the restaurant at night. Below we get to see the rear façade, located on the Rozenhoedkaai. It is a frame façade, which dates from the 19th century. The covered terrace is said to have been built with demolition material from St. Donatian's Cathedral. On the right you can see a part of the Ambachtshuis van de Huidenvetters. In the background on the left you can see the Blinde-Ezelbrug.

Here is a picture from 1986


The Hotel-Restaurant "Duc de Bourgogne" is located at Place des Huidenvetters no. 12. The photo on the right shows the front of the building. We see two stepped gables from the 20th century. In the photo at the top left you can see the rear façade, a frame gable from the 19th century. Note the motorboat that sails on the canals and the Blinde-Ezelbrug at the back. Finally, the photo at the bottom left shows the interior of the restaurant. In the past, the inn "De Hollander - La Vache" was located on this site.




The cuisine of the hotel Duc de Bourgogne - 1957
In this shot, we see some cooks working hard with pots and pans.



A hotel room at the hotel Duc de Bourgogne - 1957
The windows of this hotel room open onto the Rozenhoedkaai and the wooden rear facades of some houses located in the Wollestraat.



Oude afspanning De Koe (Old inn De Koe) - 1912!
Currently hotel-restaurant Duc De Bourgogne



Façade sculpture on the façade of the Duc de Bourgogne hotel-restaurant
1982
The façade sculpture is a reference to the former name of the inn 'De Koe' that was located on this site.


St. Donatian's Cathedral - completely demolished by the French after the French revolution (1789)

Duc de Bourgogne is made with the bricks of that demolished Cathedral!

Quite a historic place that hotel! Amazing!

Cheers,
Filip

[Jay]

Thanks so much for that background info, you can bet I will be showing the owners when we visit in September, such an interesting read 

A hotel room at the hotel Duc de Bourgogne - 1957
The windows of this hotel room open onto the Rozenhoedkaai and the wooden rear facades of some houses located in the Wollestraat.

That looks like the very room that we stay in 




Same two stepped gables and lion topped column




Cheers
Jay

[Trappist]

Hi Jay,
It looks this is indeed the same room, or maybe the one next to it.
Actually, I'm not sure. Your picture has a much wider angle and could give a false situation of the buildings outside.
But, one thing is sure, the 1957 interior of the hotel room will be very similar to all hotel rooms that time.





BTW...when you have a look outside the window, you'll notice those two wooden gables dating from the 20th century and were built to a design by architect Theo Raison.
Before, there was a BREWERY !! See the red oval circles. That's where the brewery was located.
And there was also another brewery further to the right, from which the building still exists.
Actually, inbetween both breweries, there was even another one, called citybrewery "Stedenhuys" 

Cheers,
Filip