In the Middle Ages, the city and its region were managed by the Bruges Frank, a sort of local council, and this was its Palace, rebuilt in the 18C in the neo-Classical style on the site of a former palace (1520), which was itself built in the place of an older building (the Burg), part of which can be seen along the canal. In the 16C alderman's chamber of the Provincial Museum of the Bruges Frank, you can see a magnificent chimney.