Visitors can hear it played during services or concerts. Known as a place of pilgrimage, it houses a venerated relic of the Holy Blood basically, a piece of cloth used by Joseph of Arimathea to wipe the blood of Christ after the Crucifixion brought from the Holy Land by Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders.
The cloth with the bloodstain was preserved and brought here after the sacking of Byzantine by the crusader army. The church was declared a minor basilica in The basilica in Burg square consists of a lower and upper chapel. The lower chapel, dedicated to St. Basil the Great, is a dark Romanesque structure that remains virtually unchanged.
The venerated relic is in the upper chapel, which was rebuilt in the Gothic style in the 16th century and renovated in the 19th century in Gothic Revival style. Tip: If you visit, the museum is the first thing you'll come to and there is a small charge ; however, the relic is not in there — it is, in fact, on show in the main church, which is free to view. It is also worth checking the official website for special event related to the Holy Blood - the page is well-constructed with 5 languages English, French, Dutch, Spanish, and German.
Anne's Church The original St. Anne's Church was an aisled church, which was later transformed into a three-aisled prayer house.
In it was sold and demolished. In a new church was raised on the old ruins. One can also learn about the baptism of the well-known Flemish poet Guido Gezelle, which occurred here in Anselmus Adornes belonged to the wealthy Adorni family of merchants who came from Genoa and settled in Brugge. The ornate mausoleums of the founders created by Cornelis Thieleman are located in the middle of the church. The original structure of the church has remained intact from the 15th century unlike many other churches in Europe.
The unique part of the structure is the octagonal tower flanked by four polygonal turrets above the choir. A wooden globe is placed on top of the tower symbolizing the world. There is an upper choir above a small nave. Under this choir is a crypt where an imitation of the grave of Christ is located. Sculptures relating to the holy grave symbolized by skulls and ladders are also found in the altar and the nave.
The stained glass windows light up the interiors with a beautifully colored glow. Why You Should Visit: The site is unique, very quiet, surprising and intimate, but the chapel itself is well worth the price of admission — enchanting and a little creepy at the same time. Tip: While you're in the area, make time to stop by the Kantcentrum, where you get to watch bobbin lace-making demonstrations — truly magnificent.
Later, in the early 18th century, the English Convent was built. The Convent boasts an exquisite interior — from the lavishly decorated ceiling to the stained glass windows and marble altar which is a rare piece of art. My favourite part of the cathedral is the stained glass windows.
They are magnificent, and I always enjoy trying to figure out which story from the bible they depict. Unlike the other churches which I only visited because I stumbled upon them, I made a point of visiting the Basilica of the Holy Blood. Not only is the church one of the oldest buildings in Bruges, but it also houses an ancient relic, a phial with a cloth that is said to contain the blood of Jesus Christ.
It was brought here from the Holy Land after the Second Crusade. Of course, you are not allowed to touch the cloth itself, but you may touch the glass case in which the phial is housed. When I placed my hand on the glass and then moved away from the phial, I felt something. So in my opinion, that phial is the real deal.
You can view it daily between 11h30 and 12h00 in the morning, and 14h00 and 16h00 in the afternoon. One thing that I loved about the churches in Bruges is the fact that they are all free to enter. But as a rule, though, churches should be free for all. And everybody should feel welcome. My promise to you: transparency, depth, and passion.
Statues of three patrons, church saints, Sauveur, Donatian and Eligius stand above the altar. Stalls in the presbytery come from a year. The eagle-shaped pulpit was made in a year. A wonderful reading room on top of which is a monumental sculpture of white marble God the Father designed Artus Quellin the Younger in the year Above it are the eighteenth-century organs.
Original paintings by Jan van Orley hang on the walls, on the basis of which tapestries were created they are their mirror image. The magnificent door, which is part of the reading room, was created from a piece of copper in by the artist W. The church museum has several excellent works of art: the triptych of Torture of St.
Pourbus Works of Dirk Bouts or Hugo van der Goes, centuries-old manuscripts, sculptures, as well as silver and gold artistic products. Sint-Salvatorskoorstraat 8, Brugge, Belgium. Opening hours:. The church James was built without the nave around a year. Thanks to a grant from the Duke of Burgundy and the rich inhabitants of Bruges, it was expanded in the 15th century.
This Gothic church was stripped of magnificent works of art by iconoclasts in a year. His baroque restaurant took two centuries. The church has a very harmonious interior with many works of art. Sint-Jakobsplein 1, Brugge. Holy Blood Basilica. Heilig Bloed Basiliek. It took its name from the relic of the blood of Christ, which came here somewhere between and The temple consists of two separate chapels. The lower, Romanesque, comes from the 12th century and is almost devoid of decoration.
The higher one, rebuilt in the Gothic style in the 15th century, has wall decorations from the last renovation carried out in the 19th century. The lower chapel of Saint Blood was built in the 12th century, commissioned by Count Teodor of Alsace , as a home for the relics of Saint Basil.
It is the oldest chapel in the city and to this day bears the name of this saint. It is also the only fully preserved Romanesque church in West Flanders. The chapel consists of two aisles and a nave, passing in the presbytery, ending with a semicircular apse.
There is an ascetic decor here, enhanced by bare stone walls and few sculptures. Above the main entrance, in the original wall, there is a 12th-century tympanum , the oldest ancient sculpture in Bruges. It presents the baptism of Saint Basil in the Jordan River, celebrated, according to legend, by Maximilian, bishop of Jerusalem. A pigeon appears in the clouds. In the right aisle there is a polychrome wooden sculpture Madonna and child, dated to the beginning of the fourteenth century.
Ecce Homo is a sculpture made of pine by D'Hondt from Bruges around a year. This sculpture is commonly called Jesus on cold stone or Jesus on a small wooden pedestal.
On the painted knees of the sculpture of Jesus you can see worn out spots. It is caused by the faithful rubbing these areas. It depicts the Mother of God holding Jesus' body on her lap. On the left side of the presbytery there is the Chapel of Saint Ivon Yves. It comes from the year The Jerusalem Chapel is the private chapel of the Adornes family, an Italian merchant family from Genoa.
The This hospital was first mentioned in records dating back to the 13th century, when the nuns cared for pilgrims, travellers and the sick here. This simple Gothic single-nave church, built in the 17th century, surprises with the opulence of its rich Baroque interior - the result of donations by wealthy local patrons.
In this church, the only one in the city centre with a tower clock, many of the great Bruges artists have been buried. Sint-Godelieveabdij St. Benedictine nuns from Gistel already established themselves here in Sint-Jakobskerk Saint Jacob's church.
In the second quarter of the 13th century, the modest St. Sint-Salvatorskathedraal Saint Saviour's Cathedral.
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