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Church of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk), Bruges

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    Location: Brugge, Bruges, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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    July 3, 2022

    The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk is one of the oldest churches in Bruges, and a tourist attraction. Until the end of the ancien régime, it was a collegiate church with a provost and a chapter of canons, afterwards a decanal church. The 115.6 meter high tower, built entirely in brick, dominates the cityscape of Bruges. The Church of Our Lady, one of the tallest buildings in Belgium, is the second tallest brick building in the world

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      October 17, 2021

      Church of Our Lady (Dutch Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk) is the name of a Gothic church in the Belgian city of Bruges. The Church of Our Lady, whose beginnings go back to the early 13th century, is stylistically one of the earliest brick architecture in Flanders.
      Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebfrauenkirche_(Br%C3%BCgge)

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        August 8, 2018

        Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk (Museum of the Church of Our Lady)
        The 115.5 metres high brick tower of the Church of Our Lady is a perfect illustration of the craftsmanship of Bruges’ artisans. The church displays a valuable art collection: Michelangelo’s world-famous Madonna and Child, countless paintings, 13th-century painted sepulchres and the tombs of Mary of Burgundy and Charles the Bold. Useful to know: at the moment, large-scale renovation works are still being carried out, so the church is only partially accessible and many works of art cannot be viewed. The choir was renovated in 2015 and the remarkable church interior can now once again be admired in all its splendour.
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        The absolute highlight is Michelangelo’s marble Madonna and Child from 1505. The choir contains the tombs of Mary of Burgundy and Charles the Bold. Above the alter hangs a triptych showing the passion of Christ, by the official court painter of Margaret of Austria, Bernard van Orley.

        It’s impossible to miss this church. Its brick tower is over 115,5 metres tall and therefore quite literally the high point of Brugean building craft. Inside, a world of art treasures awaits you, from paintings and wooden carvings to the magnificent 16th century tombs of Mary of Burgundy and Charles the Bold, and painted tombs from the 13th and 14th centuries. But the real highlight is, of course, Michelangelo’s world famous 'Madonna and Child'.

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