The Procession of the Holy Blood 2019, Bruges, Belgium. The Procession of the Holy Blood takes place annually on Ascension Day and commemorates the arrival of the Relic of the Holy Blood in Bruges. …More
The Procession of the Holy Blood 2019, Bruges, Belgium.
The Procession of the Holy Blood takes place annually on Ascension Day and commemorates the arrival of the Relic of the Holy Blood in Bruges. The biblical and historic evocation is well known as the religious procession which originated as a purely religious expression at the end of the thirteenth century. It has formed part of the city of Bruges’ rich history since that time.WhereHistorical centre of BrugesParcours: start at Nepomucenusbrug in Wollestraat - Dijver - Gruuthusestraat - Guido Gezelleplein - Mariastraat - Simon Stevinplein - Steenstraat - Zuidzandstraat - 't Zand - Hauwerstraat - Maagdenstraat - Smedenstraat - 't Zand - Noordzandstraat - Geldmuntstraat - Markt - Wollestraat - Oude Burg.The transit at any point of the route takes about an hour and a half.
The oldest documents concerning the Holy Blood of Bruges date back to 1256. The Holy Blood probably was part of a group of relics of the Passion of Christ preserved at the Imperial Museum of Bucoleon in Constantinople (modern Istanbul). In 1203 Constantinople was besieged and conquered by the crusaders. Baldovin IX, Count of Flanders, after being crowned as the new emperor, sent the relic of the Precious Blood to his native country at Bruges.
The Procession of the Holy Blood takes place annually on Ascension Day and commemorates the arrival of the Relic of the Holy Blood in Bruges. The biblical and historic evocation is well known as the religious procession which originated as a purely religious expression at the end of the thirteenth century. It has formed part of the city of Bruges’ rich history since that time.WhereHistorical centre of BrugesParcours: start at Nepomucenusbrug in Wollestraat - Dijver - Gruuthusestraat - Guido Gezelleplein - Mariastraat - Simon Stevinplein - Steenstraat - Zuidzandstraat - 't Zand - Hauwerstraat - Maagdenstraat - Smedenstraat - 't Zand - Noordzandstraat - Geldmuntstraat - Markt - Wollestraat - Oude Burg.The transit at any point of the route takes about an hour and a half.
The oldest documents concerning the Holy Blood of Bruges date back to 1256. The Holy Blood probably was part of a group of relics of the Passion of Christ preserved at the Imperial Museum of Bucoleon in Constantinople (modern Istanbul). In 1203 Constantinople was besieged and conquered by the crusaders. Baldovin IX, Count of Flanders, after being crowned as the new emperor, sent the relic of the Precious Blood to his native country at Bruges.
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