130211 July 1302 · Kortrijk, West Flanders
Battle of the Golden Spurs
On the Groeninge field outside Kortrijk, Flemish town militias fighting on foot with pikes defeated an army of French knights sent to punish the May rising in Bruges, when rebels had killed the French in the city. Hundreds of gilded spurs taken from the dead hung in Kortrijk's Church of Our Lady. 11 July is now the official day of the Flemish Community.
Sites
- Site 1: Groeninge Monument, KortrijkMonument of 1906–08 on part of the former battlefield.Map ↗
- Site 2: Kortrijk 1302, Count's Chapel, Church of Our LadyMultimedia exhibition on the battle in the church that held the spurs.Map ↗
- Site 3: Statue of Breydel and De Coninck, Markt, BrugesStatue of the two leaders of the Bruges rising of May 1302.Map ↗
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