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The Basilica of the Holy Blood (Heilig-Bloedbasiliek) houses a venerated relic said to contain a cloth stained with the blood of Jesus Christ, brought from the Holy Land by Thierry d'Alsace, Count of Flanders, in 1150. The building comprises a dark Romanesque lower chapel and a flamboyant Gothic upper chapel.
The lower chapel was consecrated in 1149 as the chapel of the Count's residence. The relic arrived in 1150 after the Second Crusade. The upper chapel was rebuilt in Gothic style in the 15th century and heavily restored in the 19th century.