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The Basilica of the Holy Blood is a Roman Catholic basilica in Bruges. The church was built in the 12th century to be the chapel of the residence of the Count of Flanders. The church is home to a venerated church relic of the Holy Blood that was supposedly collected by Joseph of Arimathea and brought to Belgium from the Holy Land by Thierry of Alsace, who was the Count of Flanders. The basilica comprises an upper and lower chapel, which each have distinctive architectural features. The lower chapel is a dark Romanesque structure dedicated to St. Basil the Great that still retains much of its original 12th-century construction. The upper chapel houses the venerated relic and was renovated in the more modern Gothic style.

Burg 13, 8000 Brugge, Belgium, Phone: +32-50-33-67-92

Basilica of the Holy Blood
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