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Basilica of the Holy Blood

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Basilica of the Holy Blood Saint Baselius Chapel, Bruges, Belgium.
Basilica of the Holy Blood Saint Baselius Chapel, Bruges, Belgium.

The Basilica of the Holy Blood (Dutch: Heilig-Bloedbasiliek, French: Basilique du Saint-Sang) is a Roman Catholic basilica in Bruges, Belgium. The church houses a relic of the Holy Blood allegedly collected by Joseph of Arimathea and brought from the Holy Land by Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders. Built between 1134 and 1157 as the chapel of the Count of Flanders, it was promoted to a minor basilica in 1923. 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 Passion 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.

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Basilica of the Holy Blood
Burg, Bruges Brugge-Centrum (Brugge)

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Basiliek van het Heilig Bloed

Burg 13
8000 Bruges, Brugge-Centrum (Brugge)
West Flanders, Belgium
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Basilica of the Holy Blood Saint Baselius Chapel, Bruges, Belgium.
Basilica of the Holy Blood Saint Baselius Chapel, Bruges, Belgium.
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