Stock Photo: Jesus Statue In Begijnhof, Amsterdam
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Begijnhof is both a semi-private courtyard and one of the most visited tourism landmarks in the center of Amsterdam..This inner court was founded during the Middle Ages, originally as a béguinage. Beguines were Christian lay orders in the 13th–16th centuries. Their members lived in semi-monastic communities but did not take formal religious vows and could chose to marry (but then had to leave).
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