Church of Our Lady
The Church of Our Lady is a Roman Catholic church in Bruges, Belgium, dating mainly from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. Its 115.6-metre-high tower remains the tallest structure in the city and the third tallest brickwork church tower in the world.Photo: Wolfgang Staudt, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Rainer Halama, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: 9:30 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church in Bruges, Belgium
- Also known as: “Church of Our Lady, Bruges”, “Museum of the Church of Our Lady”, and “Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk”
- Address: Mariastraat, Brugge, 8000
- Wheelchair access: yes
Photo: AwOiSoAk KaOsIoWa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Groeningemuseum and Gruuthusemuseum.
Groeningemuseum
Museum
Photo: Le Fou, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Groeningemuseum is a municipal museum in Bruges, Belgium, built on the site of the medieval Eekhout Abbey. It houses a collection of Flemish and Belgian painting covering six centuries, from Jan van Eyck to Marcel Broodthaers. Groeningemuseum is situated 170 metres northeast of Church of Our Lady.
Gruuthusemuseum
Museum
Photo: Wolfgang Staudt, CC BY 2.0.
The Gruuthusemuseum is a museum of applied arts in Bruges, Belgium, located in the medieval Gruuthuse, the house of Louis de Gruuthuse. The collection ranges from the 15th to the 19th century.
Old St. John’s Hospital
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hospital of St. John was a medieval hospital in Bruges, founded in the mid-12th century. Located next to the Church of Our Lady, the premises contain some of Europe's oldest surviving hospital buildings. Old St. John’s Hospital is situated 160 metres southwest of Church of Our Lady.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boeveriewijk and Ezelstraatkwartier.
Church of Our Lady
- Categories: museum, building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bruges, Arrondissement of Bruges, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.20463° or 51° 12′ 17″ northLongitude
3.22442° or 3° 13′ 28″ eastOpen location code
9F35663F+VQOpenStreetMap ID
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amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q917183
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vlaams—“Church of Our Lady” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة السيدة العذراء”
- Armenian: “Բրյուգեի Աստվածամոր եկեղեցի”
- Asturian: “ilesia de La Nuesa Señora”
- Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Məryəm Kilsəsi (Brügge)”
- Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Məryəm Kilsəsi”
- Basque: “Andre Mariaren eliza (Brujas)”
- Basque: “Andre Mariaren eliza”
- Belarusian: “Касьцёл Дзевы Марыі”
- Belarusian: “Царква Маці Божай, Бругэ”
- Belarusian: “Царква Маці Божай”
- Catalan: “església de Nostra Senyora de Bruges”
- Catalan: “Església de Nostra Senyora”
- Chinese: “圣母教堂”
- Czech: “Kostel Panny Marie”
- Danish: “Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk”
- Danish: “Vor Frue Kirke”
- Dutch: “O.L.V.-kerk Museum”
- Dutch: “Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه السيده العذراء”
- Esperanto: “Preĝejo de nia sinjorino, Bruĝo”
- Estonian: “Brugge Maarja kirik”
- French: “église Notre-Dame de Bruges”
- French: “Église Notre-Dame de Bruges”
- French: “Église Notre-Dame”
- German: “Liebfrauenkirche (Brügge)”
- German: “Liebfrauenkirche”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית גבירתנו”
- Icelandic: “Frúarkirkjan í Brugge”
- Italian: “chiesa di Nostra Signora”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Nostra Signora”
- Japanese: “Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk”
- Japanese: “聖母教会 (ブルッヘ)”
- Japanese: “聖母教会”
- Korean: “성모교회 (브뤼허)”
- Korean: “성모교회”
- Latvian: “Briges Dievmātes baznīca”
- Luxembourgish: “Kierch Notre-Dame vu Bruges”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vår Frue kirke i Brugge”
- Persian: “کلیسای بانوی ما، بروخه”
- Polish: “Kościół Najświętszej Marii Panny w Brugii”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de Nossa Senhora”
- Russian: “Церковь Богоматери”
- Slovenian: “Cerkev Matere božje, Brugge”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Nuestra Señora”
- Swedish: “Notre Dame-kyrkan i Brygge”
- Swedish: “Vårfrukyrkan, Brygge”
- Turkish: “Bizim Leydi Kilisesi”
- Turkish: “Brugge Meryem Ana Kilisesi”
- Turkish: “Meryem Ana Kilisesi”
- Turkish: “Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk”
- Ukrainian: “Церква Богоматері”
- Ukrainian: “Церква Діви Марії”
- Vlaams: “Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerke”
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