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Bruges

Medieval trade capital of Flanders, home to what may be the world's first stock exchange — preserved because its harbour silted up.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1128 CE mainstream
  city charter granted on 27 July; new walls and canals follow source
• 1302 CE mainstream
  Bruges Matins (18 May); the Golden Spurs won on 11 July source
• 1309 CE disputed
  the Bourse opens — most likely the first stock exchange in the world source
• 1500 CE disputed
  the Zwin silts up and the golden age ends (around 1500) source
• 2000 CE mainstream
  UNESCO World Heritage: the historic centre source

Where

51.2089° N, 3.2242° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Golden_Spurs

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