Church of Our Lady, Bruges

Church of Our Lady
Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk
Church of Our Lady
51°12′17″N 3°13′28″E / 51.20472°N 3.22444°E / 51.20472; 3.22444
Location	Bruges
Country	Belgium
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	www.onthaalkerk-brugge.be
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Mary
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic
Years built	1270-1280 (choir) 14th/15th century (various additions)
Groundbreaking	13th century
Specifications
Height	115.6 m (379 ft 3 in)
Materials	Brick
Administration
Diocese	Bruges

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]