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The very rural Lissewege has been part of Bruges since the municipal mergers. The name of the village appears in the 11th century and may have come from 'liswega', the Celtic term for 'house of Liso'. Today, this polder village stands out mainly because of the white-painted houses in the village center and of course because of the shape of the tower of the Church of Our Lady. The original church was built in 1275, but after the Beggars set it on fire in 1568, it was restored in several stages in the course of the 17th century.
Both works of art and church furniture date mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries. Walram Romboudt (1598-1668), a sculptor whose house still stands in the village, was responsible for the pulpit, the rood screen and the organ case. Willem Van Saeftinghe, the heroic friar on horseback, whom you undoubtedly know from the Battle of the Golden Spurs, came from the abbey of Ter Doest. All that remains of this Cistercian abbey is an imposing tithe barn from the 13th century. Near the barn is a farmhouse from the 17th century, now a restaurant.
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