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The Church of Our Lady (Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk) is a Roman Catholic church in Bruges, Belgium, dating mainly from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.Its 115.6-metre-high (379 ft) tower remains the tallest structure in the city and the third tallest brickwork tower in the world (after St. Mary's Church in Lübeck and St. Martin's Church in Landshut, both in Germany).
In the Diocese of Bruges: Church of Our Lady, Bruges; St. James's Church, Bruges; St. Walburga Church (Bruges) Church of Our Lady (Kortrijk) Saint Martin's Church (Kortrijk) Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk; St. Vedast Church, Vlamertinge
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Belgium: [1] Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp; Abbatial Cathedral of St. James on Coudenberg in Brussels (of the Military Ordinariate of Belgium) Co-Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels; St. Salvator's Cathedral in Bruges; St. Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent; St. Quentin's Cathedral in Hasselt; St. Paul's ...
At the end of the 18th century, the French occupiers of Bruges threw out the bishop of Bruges and destroyed the Sint-Donaaskathedraal, which was his residence. [2] In 1834, shortly after Belgium's independence in 1830, a new bishop was installed in Bruges and St. Salvator's Church obtained the status of cathedral. However, the building's ...
St. Donatian's Cathedral (Dutch: Sint-Donaaskathedraal) was a Roman Catholic cathedral in Bruges, Belgium. Located on the Burg, one of the main squares in the city, [1] [2] [3] it was the largest church in Bruges. The cathedral was destroyed in 1799 [1] in the wake of the dissolution of the Diocese of Bruges during the aftermath of the French ...
Demands have grown in Belgium for justice, formal apologies, and reparations from both the Church and the government for about 30,000 affected people. Francis on Friday called the practice "the ...
The Diocese of Bruges (Latin: Dioecesis Brugensis; Dutch: Bisdom Brugge) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels , which covers all of Belgium.
Romanesque St Basil chapel. The chapel of Saint Basil is one of the best preserved churches in Romanesque style of West Flanders. [2] Built from 1134 to 1149, the chapel is dedicated to St. Basil the Great of whom a relic was brought back by Count Robert II from Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey).