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The Jerusalem church has
preserved its original style almost completely, which is
quite rare in Belgium. Furthermore, the church is still
privately owned. The church belonged to the Adornes
family, a family of merchants who came from Genoa in
Italy to the 13th century Bruges. Their descendants
still own the Jerusalem church today.
During the 14th century one of the members of the
Adornes family had a chapel built. This prayer house was
later extended and even rebuilt. The church which
resulted from these transformations was finished by
1470. It is believed that the design was copied from the
Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, which some of
the members of the family had visited. The interior
consists of a nave and a higher choir. In the middle of
the church is the tomb of the Anselm Adornes and his
wife (Vander Banck). Anselm died in 1483. The decoration
is still quite remarkable, divers and yet coherent. The
beautiful stained glass windows date from 1482 and 1560.
Behind the lower altar is a small space which suggests
the tomb of Christ.
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