St. Walburga Church

St. Walburga's Church is a 17th-century Catholic church in Bruges, Belgium, built by the Jesuits in a Baroque style. It is now a parish church and contains many valuable art objects.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: church in Bruges, Belgium
Also known as: “Sint-Walburgakerk” and “St. Walburga’s Church, Bruges”
Address: Sint-Maartensplein 1

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Belfry and City Hall.

Belfry

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Belfry of Bruges is a medieval bell tower in the centre of Bruges, Belgium. One of the city's most prominent symbols, the belfry formerly housed a treasury and the municipal archives and served as an observation post for spotting fires and other dangers. Belfry is situated 470 metres southwest of St. Walburga Church.

City Hall

Town hall

Photo: MJJR, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The City Hall of Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium, is a landmark building and the seat of that city. Built in a late-Gothic monumental style between 1376 and 1421, it is one of the oldest city halls in the former Burgundian Netherlands. City Hall is situated 390 metres south of St. Walburga Church.

Choco-Story Brugge

Museum

Choco-Story Brugge

Photo: Yelkrokoyade, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Choco-Story, the Chocolate Museum in Bruges, Belgium, is located in the sixteenth-century "Huis de Crone" building on Sint-Jansplein in central Bruges. Choco-Story Brugge is situated 220 metres west of St. Walburga Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sint-Gillis and Ezelstraatkwartier.

Sint-Gillis

Quarter

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Sint-Gillis is a quarter.

Ezelstraatkwartier

Quarter

Ezelstraatkwartier

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Ezelstraatkwartier is a quarter.

Boeveriewijk

Neighborhood

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Boeveriewijk is a neighborhood.

St. Walburga Church

Categories: parish church, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Bruges, Arrondissement of Bruges, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

51.21143° or 51° 12′ 41″ north

Longitude

3.22922° or 3° 13′ 45″ east

Open location code

9F35666H+HM

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vlaams—“St. Walburga Church” goes by many names.

Belarusian: “Царква Св. Вальбурга”
Chinese: “圣沃尔普加教堂”
Chinese: “圣瓦卜尔加教堂”
Chinese: “聖瓦卜爾加教堂”
Dutch: “Sint-Walburgakerk (Brugge)”
Dutch: “Sint-Walburgakerk”
Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس والبورجا”
French: “Eglise Sainte-Walburge de Bruges”
French: “Église Sainte-Walburge de Bruges”
French: “église Sainte-Walburge”
French: “Église Sainte-Walburge”
French: “Sint-Walburgakerk”
German: “Sint-Walburgakerk”
German: “St. Walburga”
German: “St.-Walburga-Kirche”
Italian: “chiesa di Santa Valpurga”
Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Valpurga”
Vlaams: “Sint-Walburgakerke”

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