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The Mont des Arts (French, pronounced [mɔ̃ dez‿aʁ]) or Kunstberg (Dutch, pronounced [ˈkʏnstbɛr(ə)x] ⓘ), meaning "Hill/Mount of the Arts", is an urban complex and historic site in central Brussels, Belgium, including the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), the National Archives of Belgium, the Square – Brussels Meeting Centre, and a public garden.
Het Zinneke (Brusselian dialect for "the mutt"), sometimes called Zinneke Pis by analogy with Manneken Pis, is a bronze sculpture in central Brussels, Belgium, erected in 1999. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Created by Tom Frantzen , it represents a dog urinating against a bollard , along the same lines as Manneken Pis (a boy) and its derivative Jeanneke Pis (a ...
The Ommegang of Brussels (French: Ommegang de Bruxelles; Dutch: Ommegang van Brussel) is a traditional Ommegang, a type of medieval pageant, celebrated annually in Brussels, Belgium. Originally, the Ommegang was the largest lustral procession of Brussels, taking place once a year, on the Sunday before Pentecost . [ 1 ]
The cathedral's origins are obscure, but historians agree that, as early as the 9th century, a chapel dedicated to Saint Michael probably stood in its place, on what was the most important point of Brussels at the time; the crossroads of two major trade routes—a first one connecting the County of Flanders and Cologne, and another between Antwerp and Mons, then France.
Vol. 1. Brussels: Touring Club Royal de Belgique. Graffart, André (1980). "Register van het schilders-, goudslagers- en glazenmakersambacht van Brussel, 1707–1794". Doorheen de Nationale Geschiedenis (in Dutch). Brussels: State Archives in Belgium. Heymans, Vincent (2011). Les maisons de la Grand-Place de Bruxelles (in French). Brussels: CFC ...
The Church of Our Lady of Victories at the Sablon (French: Église Notre-Dame des Victoires au Sablon; Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Zege op de Zavelkerk), or the Church of Our Lady of the Sablon (French: Église Notre-Dame du Sablon; Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Zavelkerk), is a Catholic church in the Sablon/Zavel district of Brussels, Belgium.