Church of Our Lady, Bruges

Church of Our Lady
Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk
Church of Our Lady
Map
51°12′17″N 3°13′28″E / 51.20472°N 3.22444°E / 51.20472; 3.22444
LocationBruges
CountryBelgium
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websitewww.onthaalkerk-brugge.be
History
StatusParish church
DedicationMary
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic
Years built1270-1280 (choir)
14th/15th century (various additions)
Groundbreaking13th century
Specifications
Height115.6 m (379 ft 3 in)
MaterialsBrick
Administration
DioceseBruges

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).

The church demonstrates the Gothic style in the prominent Flying buttresses on the exterior which were constructed in the 1270s and 80s.[1] The nave contains cross-vaults and black and white tiled flooring.[1] The interior demonstrates the heavily ornamented Baroque style in the side aisles and chancel.[1] One of the chapels in the church was created in 1482 for a wealthy man named Lodewijk van Gruuthuse, as his personal worship area.[1]

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