5264 x 3500 px | 44,6 x 29,6 cm | 17,5 x 11,7 inches | 300dpi
Ort:
Bruges West Flanders Belgium
Weitere Informationen:
BRUGES BRUGGE BELGIUM THE PROCESSION OF THE HOLY BLOOD IS HELD EVERY ASCENSION DAY IN EARLY MAY IN THE MEDIEVAL CITY OF BRUGES BRUGGE IN WEST FLANDERS BELGIUM THE HOLY BLOOD RELIC IS KEPT IN A ROCK CRYSTAL FLASK AND IS SAID TO CONSIST OF THE DRIED BLOOD OF JESUS TAKEN AFTER THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS ACCORDING TO TRADITION THE COUNT OF FLANDERS DERRICK OF ALSACE BROUGHT THE RELIC BACK WITH HIM AFTER THE SECOND CRUSADE IN ABOUT 1150 THE RELIC WAS PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF BRUGES AND HAS BEEN VENERATED SINCE EVERY YEAR THE RELIC IS PARADED THROUGH THE STREETS OF BRUGES AS NEARLY TWO THOUSAND PROCESSORS ACT OUT STORIES FROM THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS IN THE BIBLE 2005