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Huis ter Beurze

Also known as Ter Beurze

Huis ter Beurze is a medieval house in Bruges that belonged to the Van der Beurse family of innkeepers and brokers. Italian and other foreign merchants met on the square in front of it to trade bills of exchange and goods, and their gatherings gave the family's name to the 'bourse', the word for a stock or commodity exchange in many European languages.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Huis ter Beurze. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/huis-ter-beurze
MLA: “Huis ter Beurze.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/huis-ter-beurze. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Huis ter Beurze.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/huis-ter-beurze.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Huis ter Beurze’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/huis-ter-beurze (Accessed: ).

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