Worth a Detour
Church of Our Lady
A church with one of the tallest brick towers in the world and Michelangelo's marble Madonna and Child.
- Open
- Every day; afternoons only on Sundays
- Price
- Paid for the museum with the Madonna and the tombs; free to pray
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes
- Address
- Mariastraat, 8000 BrugesDirections
- Getting There
- A 5-minute walk south of the Markt.
Why Go
Its tower, 115 meters tall, is one of the tallest ever built in brick. Inside is Michelangelo's Madonna and Child, bought in Italy by a Bruges merchant family, the only sculpture by Michelangelo to leave Italy in his lifetime.
The choir holds the tombs of Charles the Bold, the last Duke of Burgundy, and of his daughter, Mary of Burgundy.
Nearby in Bruges
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