Bruges, Belgium: Church of Our Lady and Memling Museum
More info about travel to Bruges: For 600 years the Church of Our Lady in Bruges, Belgium, has stood as a memorial to the power and wealth of Bruges at its height. Across the street is a former hospital that has been converted into the Memling Museum, housing paintings from the Flemish Primitive master Hans Memling.
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Exhibition MARK SWYSEN MAN? a question in 4 seasons in Magdalena church Bruges (Belgium)
Fragment of the exhibition MARK SWYSEN MAN? a question in 4 seasons in the Magdalena church in Bruges (Belgium) : life organ / manufactory
Basilica of the Holy Blood Brugge
Totally in awe of this 12th century church in Brugge. The colours were astounding. The air was thick and cold. We were awestruck.
Entering the Russian Church of Mary Magdalene, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
Zahi Shaked A tour guide in Israel and his camera
zahigo25@walla.com +972-54-6905522 tel סיור עם מורה הדרך ומדריך הטיולים צחי שקד 0546905522
My name is Zahi Shaked
In 2000 I became a registered liscenced tourist guide.
My dedication in life is to pass on the ancient history of the Holy Land.
Following upon many years of travel around the world, which was highlighted by a very exciting emotional and soul-searching meeting with the Dalai Lama, I realized that I had a mission. To pass on the the history of the Holy Land, its religions, and in particular, the birth and development of Christianity.
In order to fulfill this calling in the best way possible, I studied in depth, visited, and personally experienced each and every important site of the ancient Christians. I studied for and received my first bachelors degree in the ancient history of the Holy Land, and am presently completing my studies for my second degree.(Masters)
Parralel to my studies, and in order to earn a living, I was employed for many years in advertising. What I learned there was how to attract the publics attention, generate and, increase interest, and assimilate information. All this I use as tools to describe, explain and deepen the interest in the sites that we visit. From my experience, I have learned that in this way, the Holy Land becomes more than just history, and that the large stones that we see scattered about in dissaray, join together one by one until they become - a Byzantine Church. This also happens when I lead a group of Pilgrims in the Steps of Jesus. We climb to the peak of Mount Precipice, glide over the land to the Sea of Galilee, land on the water and see the miracle which enfolds before us. This is a many faceted experience. Not only history which you will remember and cherish, but an experience which I hope will be inplanted in your hearts and minds, and will accompany you all the days of your life.
Marvelous Church in Bruge
This is a video I took during my visit to Bruge in Nov. 2007.
Sint-Walburgakerk Church.
Here, I met a priest who asked me the difference of Kirei and Subarashi in Japanese.
Kirei: Beautiful
Subarashii: Wonderful, Splendid, marvelous
He looked happy after I answered above and said to me I will never forget you.
I will also never forget you.
It was such a marvelous day.
God bless you.
Lucky
Luidklokken van de Sint-Romboutskathedraal Mechelen
Luiden van de klokken van de Sint-Romboutskathedraal in Mechelen
1. Salvator, fis0, fa#2, 8884 kg, 1844, Alj. Van Aerschodt
2. Karel, gis0, sol#2, 6000 kg, 1696, Melchior de Haze
3. Rumoldus, bes0, sib2, 4325 kg, 1861, Severinus Van Aerschodt
4. St-Jan-Berchmans, b0/c1, si2/do3, 3000 kg, 1947, Marcel Michiels jr.
5. Magdalena, cis1, do#3 , 2145 kg, 1697 , Melchior de Haze
6. Libertus, d1, re3, 1850 kg, 1766, A.J. Van den Gheyn
00:29 Libertus
04:29 Magdalena
07:48 St-Jan-Berchmans
09:35 Rumoldus
12:23 Karel
14:57 Salvator
18:30 Bijna-volgelui, d.i. zonder Libertus, die muzikaal niet bij de andere past
De klank is niet ideaal, doordat de opname gemaakt is vanaf de traptoren. Rumoldus en Sint-Jan-Berchmans staan er veel dichterbij en klinken daardoor luider. Salvator en Karel bevinden zich achteraan en klinken daardoor zwakjes. Misschien maak ik later een simulatie waarbij de intensiteiten van de klokken beter op elkaar afgestemd zijn.
Dank aan Tim Martens voor de organisatie van het bezoek.
Met dank aan torenwachter Bert Vanderstappen, aan Nick Vanhaute en aan Luc Michiels voor het gastvrije onthaal en voor het luiden van de klokken.
Brugge Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk - The medieval bell
The medieval bell in the OLV church of Brugge (Belgium).
La cloche médiévale de l'église Notre-Dame de Bruges.
14ème siècle - 14e eeuw.
Stormklok video is :
Elle ne possède aucune date mais seulement une frise de médaillons. There's no date but only a medallions frieze.
Je la sonne manuellement parce que je n'aime pas sonner une cloche médiévale de manière automatique. I ring it manually because I dislike automatic ringing on a medieval bell.
Merci à Tim Martens (Stormklok) pour l'invitation.
Thanks to Tim Martens (Stormklok, for welcoming me to the bells tower !
Tim Martens video is : to come !
Thierry Pauwels video is : to come !
Bruges Brugge Bell Tower
Three hundred and sixty-six steps to the top of this 13th century medieval bell tower in Bruges or Brugge (Dutch spelling). Our timing was right to be in it as it rang.
Ghent view from Gravensteen
Mass for Father Damien in his hometown Ninde, Belgium
Bernard Swysen
Bernard Swysen
Holy Blood Bruges
Procession with the relic of the precious blood of Jesus in Bruges. the organ titular is Ignace Michiels.
Inside the Spire of Prescot Church
Was a descendant of Jesus living in Belgium ?
King Childeric I was buried in Tournai (Belgium). Childerik belonged to the Merovingian dynasty . The Merovingians were descendants of Christ (probably). They are also mentioned in the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Was he really a descendant of Christ? Reality or Fiction? Who knows?
Was a descendant of Christ really buried in Belgium? The Merovingian dynasty plays an important role in the bestselling book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln. This book claimed that the Merovingians were descendants of Christ and Mary Magdalene. The dynasty died in 751 AD when Childeric III was deposed by the Carolingians , but went underground according to the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. Thanks to the Priory of Sion, the descendants of Christ would continue to live under protection. Dan Brown also writes about this in his fictional work The Da Vinci Code . (Wikipedia)
sanger & swysen.mov
Sanger and Swysen makes a check presentation in the 2009 Unity Telethon, Santa Barbara, CA
Michelangelo’s Madonna And Child
In Clooney’s movie, Donald Jeffries (played by Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville) rushes to the Church of Our Lady in Bruges, Belgium to stop the Nazis from taking Michelangelo’s famous Madonna and Child, commonly called the “Bruges Madonna.” Jeffries has a shoot-out with the Nazi thieves and is killed in the melee. The real-life counterpart for Jeffries was Ronald Balfour, who was actually killed by a shell while removing an altar piece from another church. His death had nothing to do with the Bruges Madonna. Shortly after D-Day in June 1944, the MFAA landed on the French shore, following the army across France and into Belgium. It’s true that the Bruges Madonna was a priority for the MFAA, but they arrived two days after the Germans had removed the statue and taken it east to the Fatherland. It wasn’t the first time the Bruges Madonna had been stolen from the church. The statue, the only Michelangelo sculpture to be removed from Italy in the master’s lifetime, had also been stolen in 1794. When French Revolutionaries captured the Austrian Netherlands, the statue was shipped to Paris. It wasn’t until after Napoleon had been defeated that the Madonna was returned to Bruges. The MFAA found the Bruges Madonna in a salt mine in Altausee, Austria in May 1945. Hitler had stockpiled thousands of works of art in the mines, destined to fill his Linz Fuhrermuseum. Clooney’s movie depicts the MFAA finding the Bruges Madonna minutes before the Russians took over Altausee and rushing the statue out under the Soviets’ noses. Indeed, the Russians did have “Trophy Brigades” bent on plundering Nazi booty, and it’s estimated that they made off with millions of artistic objects. But the reality is that the MFAA had more than a month to remove most of the art from the mine, including the Bruges Madonna. The photo above shows George Stout (George Clooney’s character) between two members of his team, removing the Madonna from the mine. It was returned to Bruges.
Faces To Follow @ Magdalenazaal Brugge.wmv
Faces to follow: Show live at the Magdalenazaal Bruges
Reverencing A Relic (1935)
Bruges, Belgium
Title Card reads: Reverencing a Relic Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges.
WS. A Statue of the Madonna / Virgin Mary being carried by women dressed in white with their faces covered in veils. WS. Children dressed as Shepherds and wise men crossing a bridge. MS. Girl dressed as Mary carrying a doll dressed as baby Jesus and walking alongside a donkey.
WS. Procession crossing a bridge with a steam boat and canoes in the foreground. WS. children forming part of a procession in which tableaux are formed depicting scenes from the life of Christ. WS. Man in costume with a sheep on a leash. LS. A float depicting the Nativity. WS. Girls in costume carrying sheaves. WS. Crowd. WS. A man dressed as Christ carrying a cross followed by children dressed as Roman soldiers. WS. Priests carrying lanterns and holy relics. WS. Priests in procession . WS. Priests.
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Lord Nelsons private chapel
We was vey fortunate to be granted access to lord nelsons (won the battle of trafalgar 1805) private chapel which is named standlynch chapel. It was built in the 13th century and granted to nelson alongside trafalgar house after winning the battle of trafalgar. The only graves there are of nelsons family and relatives. After we visited the chapel we was shown around the grounds of the amazing trafalgar house.