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Damme

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Damme

In the Middle Ages, the port for Bruges, in the province of West Flanders, Belgium. Damme is now a village some 8 km/5 mi northeast of that city.

Damme was an important port, connected by the Zwyn channel with the North Sea, and had a fortified harbour. At the height of its prosperity, Damme had a population of 10,000. However, the channel silted up in the 15th century.



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Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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Franklin Blake--and, Damme, if one of them isn't turning his back on the other, and going to sleep in a lodging
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