St. James's Church () is a

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church in

Bruges Bruges ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in the country. The area of the whole city amoun ...

, Belgium. Originally built around 1240, the church was considerably expanded in 1459 to match the rising affluence of Bruges, and was patronized by the Duke of Burgundy. In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the church's interior was remodeled in its present

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style. The church is sometimes wrongly called St. Jacob's. The confusion arises because Flemish, like many other languages, uses the same word for both James and Jacob. File:De Sint-Jacobskerk te Brugge, 1813, Groeningemuseum, 0041314000.jpg, St. James's Church, drawing by Séraphin Vermote, 1813 ( Groeningemuseum) File:Sint Jakob Interior, Bruges, Belgium.jpg, St. James's interior

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