Destination: BELGIUM | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sights*
Basiliek van het Heilig Bloed
* Begijnhof * Belfort * Groeningemuseum * Huisbrouwerij de Halve Maan “straffe Hendrik ” * Markt * Memling Museum * Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk * Paleis van de Brugse Vrije * Sint- Salvatorskathedraal * Stadhuis |
Sint- Salvatorskathedraal
Bruges' great churches reflect a sober Flemish style rather than Latin exuberance. But Sint-Salvatorskathedraal (St. Saviour's
Cathedral) has many features to counteract its Gothic vastness. The high altar and the 15th-century choir stalls add a richly
decorative note; the rood loft, beneath the organ case, contains a superb baroque sculpture of God the Father in white marble
by Arthur Quellin the Younger. Visit the Cathedral Museum; among its treasures is the vivid realism of Dirk Bouts' 15th-century
triptych The Martyrdom of St. Hippolytus.
Address:
Steenstraat
Phone: 050 336 188 Open: Cathedral: Mon. 2-5:45, Tue.-Fri. 9-11:45 and 2-5:45, Sat. 8:30-11:45 and 2-5:45, Sun 9-10:15 a.m. and 3-5:45. Museum: Sun.-Fri. 2-5 Bus: 1-5, 13, 89 Admission: Cathedral free; Museum 2-4 Info: Major concerts held in cathedral |
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