Tags: Religious Building.
The Basilica of the Holy Blood (Dutch: Heilig-Bloedbasiliek French: Basilique du Saint-Sang) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica in Bruges Belgium. Originally built in the 12th century as the chapel of the residence of the Count of Flanders the church houses a venerated relic of the Holy Blood allegedly collected by Joseph of Arimathea and brought from the Holy Land by Thierry of Alsace Count of Flanders.
