ADDRESS & OPENING TIMES
Church of Our Lady (Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk), Mariastraat, B-8000, Bruges
Open Monday to Friday 9am – 12.30pm and 1.30pm – 5pm. Saturday 9am -12.30pm and 1.30pm – 4pm. Suday 1.30pm – 4pm
OUR VIEW ON BRUGES CHURCH OF OUR LADY
Want to see a genuine Michelangelo sculpture? This church is truly striking on the outside with its huge brick tower, but the inside is striking too. Michelangelo’s “Madonna and Child” sculpture always draws the crowds, but there’s plenty more to see in here too. There are huge paintings and impressive carvings and it’s all free. There is also a museum here which for a small fee takes you into the excavated tombs under the church and shows you more of the church’s treasures. The church is next to the Gruuthuse Museum.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BRUGES CHURCH OF OUR LADY
The Gruuthuse museum next door is physically joined to the church and has its own chapel where the wealthy Gruuthuse family could watch the services but still be within their own palace. The only evidence of this private chapel in the church is a glass-less window high on the left hand side. From the outside, the impressive steeple rises to a height of 122 metres.
BRUGES CHURCH OF OUR LADY LINKS
Brugge.be
Sacred-Destinations.com
Wikipedia
Visit-Bruges.be
Trabel.com
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