Frommer's Review
This mainly Gothic church with a 100m (325-ft.) belfry has been Bruges's cathedral since 1834 (its predecessor, Saint Donatian's in the Burg, was demolished by the French around 1800). The 15th-century wooden choir stalls flanking the altar bear a complete set of escutcheons of the Knights of the Golden Fleece, who held a chapter meeting here in 1478. The Cathedral Museum (open Mon-Fri 2-5pm, Sun 3-5pm) houses the Martyrdom of St. Hippolytus by Dirk Bouts with a side panel by Hugo van der Goes, as well as the Cathedral Treasury of gold and silver religious vessels, reliquaries, and Episcopal vestments.
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