Jerusalem church, Gothic church building and museum in Bruges, Belgium

The Jeruzalemkerk is a 15th-century Gothic brick church built by the Adornes family. Its rectangular choir tower carries an octagonal central structure with eight pointed-arch windows and a three-tiered wooden spire topped by a copper orb bearing a wind vane with Catherine's wheel and palm frond. Two slender towers crowned with sun and moon flank the south side, and a Jerusalem Cross stands on the tower.

Begun in 1428 as a family chapel by the Adornes, descendants of Genoese merchant Opice Adornes, it was remodelled after Anselm Adornes's 1470 pilgrimage to the Holy Land, inspired by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Work stalled when Anselm was arrested in 1477 and fled to Scotland; his 1483 will entrusted completion to his children, and after his murder that year his son Jan finished the upper choir and tower cupola.

The church keeps a relic of the True Cross and a piece of silk of Saint Catherine. Around 1520 the Jerusalem Brotherhood was founded in Bruges, and painter Jan Provost belonged to it; his Crucifixion in the Groeningemuseum may be part of a triptych once intended for this altar.

The church is operated by a private nonprofit organization rather than being open to the public like most Belgian churches. Visitors should check opening hours in advance, as access may be limited to guided tours or require prior arrangement.

The Jerusalem church appears in the film In Bruges, in a scene that presents it as the Basilica of the Holy Blood. Around 1520 a Jerusalem brotherhood was founded in Bruges, counting painter Jan Provost among its members; his Crucifixion in the Groeningemuseum may be part of a triptych once intended for this church's altar.