Bruges - Hof van Watervliet

About halfway along towards the Markt Steenstraat opens onto Simon Stevinplein, named after the mathematician Stevinus, born in Bruges in 1548 and sometime adviser to Maurice of Nassau. Branching off from the south side of the square is Oude Burg, at the near end of which stands the Hof van Watervliet, a complex of restored old buildings dating from the 16th C. Over the years the Hof's illustrious residents have included Erasmus of Rotterdam and the exiled Charles II.