The Adornes Domain and the Jerusalem Chapel

On Monday afternoon you can visit the Adornes Domain and the Jerusalem Chapel. Take this opportunity to visit a medieval estate in the heart of Bruges. The Domain is still privately owned by descendants of the Adornes family – by now the seventeenth generation. The estate has been open to the public since 2014.

The Adornes Domain in Bruges

The Jerusalem Chapel, consecrated in 1429, is a hidden gem in Bruges. The architecture was inspired by the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. It has beautiful stained-glass windows and contains the tomb of Anselm Adornes (1424-1483) and his wife Margareta van der Banck. There is a small museum inside the estate’s almshouses, which focuses on highlights from the life of the family’s most illustrious descendant, Anselm Adornes, who was active in Bruges in the fifteenth century as a diplomat, knight, and merchant.

For more information, please visit the Adornes Domain website. Or read more about the Jerusalem Chapel and the tomb on this blog by Musea Brugge (in Dutch).