Gezelle lives. Walking through cities and villages all over Flanders one sees Gezelle everywhere: on house fronts, in squares, on street signs, in cafés and restaurants. We went on a Gezelle safari in Bruges.
We went in search of Gezelle in Bruges. Please, send us a picture when you see Guido in your neighbourhood.
Guido Gezellelaan, Bruges: street name
Guido Gezellelaan 24, Bruges: name of the verse collection Tijdkrans (Wreath of Time) on the house front tablet.
Guido Gezellelaan 24, Bruges: name of the verse collection Tijdkrans (Wreath of Time) on the house front tablet.
Guido Gezellelaan 34, Bruges: memorial tablets referring to Gezelle's poetry.
Guido Gezellelaan 34, Brugge: memorial tablets referring to Gezelle's poetry.
Guido Gezellelaan 34, Brugge: memorial tablets referring to Gezelle's poetry.
Guido Gezellelaan 34, Brugge: memorial tablets referring to Gezelle's poetry.
Guido Gezellelaan 38, Bruges: Gevelstenen met verwijzing naar Gezelle
Guido Gezellelaan 34, Brugge: Drie gevelstenen met spreuken
Guido Gezellelaan 38, Bruges: memorial tablets referring to Gezelle.
Guido Gezellelaan 38, Bruges: memorial tablets referring to Gezelle.
Guido Gezellelaan 38, Bruges: memorial tablets referring to Gezelle.
Guido Gezellelaan 38, Bruges: memorial tablets referring to Gezelle.
Guido Gezellelaan 7, Brugge: Bed & Breakfast met als naam Guido Gezelle
Guido Gezellelaan 38, Bruges: memorial tablets referring to Gezelle.
Carmersstraat 15, Bruges: Restaurant ‘t Gezelleke
Carmersstraat 15, Bruges: Restaurant ‘t Gezelleke
Carmersstraat 15, Bruges: Restaurant ‘t Gezelleke
Carmersstraat 15, Bruges: Restaurant ‘t Gezelleke
Gruuthusestraat 4, Bruges: Restaurant ‘t Schrijverke
Carmersstraat 15, Bruges: Restaurant ‘t Gezelleke
Gruuthusestraat 4, Bruges: Restaurant ‘t Schrijverke
Gruuthusestraat 4, Bruges: Restaurant ‘t Schrijverke
Major Seminary, Bruges: A Guido Gezelle Stone.
Wollestraat 53, House Perez de Malvenda, Bruges: memorial tablet with poetry.
Wollestraat 53, House Perez de Malvenda, Bruges: memorial tablet with poetry.
Kuipersstraat 3, Bruges: Bruges Public Library is named after Guido Gezelle’s periodical Biekorf (Beehive).
Guido Gezellewarande, Bruges: poem Heel ‘t westen zit gekibbelkabbeld, (The entire west is curdle-clotted) in stepping stones.
Guido Gezellewarande, Brugge: Gedicht Heel ‘t westen zit gekibbelkappeld, in stapstenen
Guido Gezellewarande, Brugge: Gedicht Heel ‘t westen zit gekibbelkappeld, in stapstenen
Gulden-Vlieslaan 37, Bruges: glass decoration.
Gulden-Vlieslaan 37, Bruges: glass decoration.
Potterierei 79, Bruges: stained-glass window in the church of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Potterie.
Potterierei 79, Bruges: stained-glass window in the church of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Potterie.
Potterierei 79, Bruges: stained-glass window in the church of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Potterie.
Potterierei 79, Bruges: stained-glass window in the church of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Potterie.
Baron Ruzettelaan 302, Bruges: house where Louise Gezelle died ; she was a sister of Guido Gezelle and the mother of Stijn Streuvels (a Flemish writer). Memorial tablet showing the heads of Stijn Streuvels, Louise and Guido Gezelle.
Sint-Pietersnoordstraat 42, Bruges: block of residential flats named after Gezelle’s periodical Rond den heerd (By the Fireside).
Sint-Pietersnoordstraat 42, Bruges: block of residential flats named after Gezelle’s periodical Rond den heerd (By the Fireside).
Baron Ruzettelaan 302, Brugge: house where Louise Gezelle died ; she was a sister of Guido Gezelle and the mother of Stijn Streuvels (a Flemish writer). Memorial tablet showing the heads of Stijn Streuvels, Louise and Guido Gezelle.
Bruges, square name
Guido Gezellelaan, Bruges: street name
Bruges: square name
Rolweg 64, Bruges: Guido Gezelle Museum
Rolweg 64, Bruges: Guido Gezelle Museum
Rolweg 64, Bruges: Guido Gezelle Museum
Rolweg 64, Bruges: Guido Gezelle Museum
Rolweg 64, Bruges: Guido Gezelle Museum
Rolweg 64, Bruges: Guido Gezelle Museum
Guido Gezelleplein, Bruges: statue
Guido Gezelleplein, Bruges: statue
Carmersstraat 85, Bruges: English convent with memorial tablet and Gezelle bust inside.
Sint-Annakerk, Bruges: memorial tablet and baptismal font
Sint-Annakerk, Bruges: memorial tablet and baptismal font.
Sint-Annakerk, Bruges: memorial tablet and baptismal font.
Rolweg 64, Bruges: Guido Gezelle Museum, Gezelle's birth house.
Korte Riddersstraat 5, Bruges: dwelling house of Guido Gezelle with memorial tablet.
Potterierei 11, Bruges: English Seminar with memorial tablet.
Potterierei 11, Bruges: English Seminar with memorial tablet.
Korte Riddersstraat 5, Bruges: dwelling house of Guido Gezelle with memorial tablet.
Verversdijk 20, Bruges: dwelling house of Guido Gezelle with memorial tablet.
English convent Bruges: memorial tablet.
English convent Bruges: memorial tablet.
Bruges: cemetery with tomb of Guido Gezelle
Verversdijk 20, Bruges: dwelling house of Guido Gezelle with memorial tablet
Submission : Hilde sent us a picture from the fields around ‘s Gravenvoeren. Under the statuette we see a verse of Guido Gezelle.
Submission: Katrien sent us a picture of a granite gravestone with the name of Gezelle on it. This is part of the installation "I spit on my grave" by the famous artist Jan Fabre in the Verbeke Foundation in Kemzeke.
Mieke sent this picture of Guido in her house.
Where is Guido? Next to the man giving a light. (picture sent by Jan)
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