Procession of the Golden Tree

Procession of the Golden Tree
Praalstoet van de Gouden Boom

Giant Grauwelinck in the 2012 procession
Status active
Genre historical re-enactment
Date(s) August (formerly July)
Frequency every five years
Location(s) City of Bruges
Country Belgium
Inaugurated 1958
Most recent 2012
Participants about 2000[1]

The Procession of the Golden Tree or Pageant of the Golden Tree (in Dutch: Praalstoet van de Gouden Boom or Gouden Boomstoet) is a historical pageant held in the city of Bruges every five years to commemorate the celebration there in 1468 of the wedding of Charles the Bold and Margaret of York.[2] It has been organised since 1958.[3]

References

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  1. George McDonald, Frommer's Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg (Wiley, 2011), p. 77.
  2. Robert Pateman and Mark Elliott, Cultures of the World: Belgium (Marshall Cavendish, 2006), p. 118.
  3. Christopher Turner, Bruges (Landmark Visitors Guide, Hunter, 2002), p. 102

See also

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