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The Madonna of Bruges is a marble sculpture by Michelangelo of Mary with the Child Jesus. It is believed the work was originally intended for an altar piece. This was the only sculpture by Michelangelo to leave Italy during his lifetime. It is displayed in the Church of Our Lady in Bruges, Belgium.

The Gruuthusemuseum is a museum of applied arts in Bruges, located in the medieval Gruuthuse, the house of Louis de Gruuthuse. The collection ranges from the 15th to the 19th century.

Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country. Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, such as Amsterdam, it is sometimes referred to as the Venice of the North. Bruges has a significant...