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Fees EUROGEO
Members
Full participation including EUROGEO
conference dinner
Non-
Members*
After April
5 th
€210 €260 €300
One day conference only €80 €130 €140
EUROGEO Dinner Only – (for partners +
students)
Student conference rate (excluding
EUROGEO dinner)
Reserved seat for Holy Blood Procession:
optional, cost per seat – LIMITED SEATS
AVAILABLE, first come – first serve!
Fieldtrip: optional (minimum 25 people) –
cost per person
€30 €30 €30
€90 €120 €140
€12 €12 Reservation
no longer
possible
€30 €30 €30
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Holy Blood Procession Bruges
Annually since the year 1150, the historic city of Bruges has been attracting thousands of visitors to
one of the great religious pageants in Europe, the Holy Blood Procession.
For eight centuries the relic has been venerated by a mile-long procession of 1,500 Bruges citizens,
many in the colorful medieval garb of Crusader or knight.
The relic of the Holy Blood was brought to
Bruges by Thierry d'Alsace, Count of Flanders
in 1149, presumably given to him by the
Patriarch of Jerusalem in recognition of his
contribution to the First Crusade in the Holly
Land.
The procession during which the relic is
paraded through the town for veneration dates
to 1303. Except for being in hiding during the
two World Wars it has never left Bruges and is
kept in the Basilica of St. Basil in the Burg
Square.
©Jan Darthet
There are two parts to the procession : the first
by tableaux and floats enacts scenes from the
Bible up through the coming of Christ and His Resurrection. The second part depicts the return of the
Count of Flanders to Bruges. More information on the Holy Blood Procession is available here
EUROGEO has a limited number of reserved seats along the route of the procession. The other option
is to stand along the route (free). The prices for the reserved seats is 12 EUR per seat.
If you are interested at the reserved seats you need to indicate this on the registration form, places will
be on ‘first come – first serve’ base.