The square is surrounded by Brussels’ Town Hall, nearly forty guildhalls and other beautiful buildings from the 14th to 17th century. The 110 by 68 metre Grand Place is also home of the Flower Carpet, a bi-annual event featuring the creation of a colorful carpet design using more 700,000 cut begonias.
La Grand Place has been used [...]
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The Grand Place Brussels
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 26th 2015
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The Patron Saint of Brussels
Brussels Town Hall is one of the Belgium’s finest civic buildings. Not only because of the numerous sculptures adorning its walls, but also because of its perfect proportions and the incomparable beauty of its tower, the spire of which is topped by the archangel Saint Michael, Brussels laid the foundation stone of the magnificent Gothic [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Aug 25th 2015
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the week
You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars; and perceive yourself to be the sole heir of the whole world, and more than so, because men are in it who are every one sole heirs as well [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 23rd 2015
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Martyr’s Square
Situated in Martyr’s Square next to Levuen railway station is the Peace Monument which was constructed in 1925 in remembrance of the victims of WWI.
In August 1914 the German troops burned down a large part of the old city centre, including the university library and the roof of the Saint Peter’s Church. Besides that, the [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 19th 2015
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St-Pieterskerk
The building of St-Pieterskerk (St Peter’s Church) commenced in the 1420s and continued for 200 years.
The nave and aisles were completed first, but when the twin towers of the western facade were finally added in 1507, the foundations proved inadequate and it soon began to sink. With money in short supply, it was decided to [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 18th 2015
