Experts' Choice Award Basilica of the Holy Blood
What the experts agree on
This stunning 12th-century double-decker basilica dazzles with ornate Gothic and Renaissance decor, but the real draw is housing one of Europe's most precious relics—a cloth believed stained with Christ's blood from the Crusades.
“These people claim to have a vial of Christ's blood that was given to them during or after the crusades.”
– Afar Magazine
Atlas Obscura "Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town. " Full review
U.S. News & World Report11.0
"This 12th-century Romanesque basilica contains what is believed to be a cloth stained with the blood of Jesus Christ brought back from the Holy Land in the 1100s." Full review
Fodor's "The Basilica of the Holy Blood manages to include both the austere and the ornate under one roof—not to mention one of Europe's most precious relics" Full review
Frommer's "Now the Basilica becomes a green-and-yellow fairyland of emeralds and gilt, of rich paneling, paintings, striped ornaments of every sort, a dazzling display of both Gothic and Renaissance elements" Full review
National Geographic "You can follow in their footsteps and visit the neighbouring Basilica of the Holy Blood, home to a vial said to contain the blood of Christ"
