The windmills of Bruges
Bruges has a rich history of mills.When the second walls were erected around the town (end of 13th century); spots were foreseen where mills were built.Maps of the 16th century show that there were no less than 23 windmills on the townwalls.
Bonne Chiere.This mill originally comes from the village of Olsene, where it was built in 1844.The mill was rebuilt at its current location in 1911 as a replacement for the the old Bonne Chieremill that was blown down in a storm in 1903.It is used as decoration and never served for grinding grain.