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Les maisons de la Grand-Place de Bruxelles (in French). Brussels: CFC Éditions. ISBN 978-2-930018-89-8. State, Paul F. (2004). Historical dictionary of Brussels. Historical dictionaries of cities of the world. Vol. 14. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5075-0. Vlieghe, Hans (1998). Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585–1700. New ...
The Grand-Place of Brussels is the location of the city's Town Hall, and thus its political centre. It also housed the largest marketplace in the city (hence its official names Grote Markt or Groote Markt, pronounced [ˌɣroːtə ˈmɑr(ə)kt] ⓘ; literally meaning "Big Market", in Dutch).
Grand-Place, Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta, and the Stoclet House are all in Brussels. Black dots indicate the Major Mining Sites of Wallonia (4 sites). Not shown are the Beguinages (13 sites), the Belfries of Belgium and France (56 sites, of which 33 are in Belgium) and the Funerary and memory sites of the First World War ...
The Place des Palais is flanked by Brussels Park to the north, the Royal Palace of Brussels to the south, the Academy Palace to the east and the BELvue Museum to the west. This area is served by Brussels-Central railway station, as well as by the metro stations Parc/Park (on lines 1 and 5) and Trône/Troon (on lines 2 and 6).
The Sablon (French, pronounced ⓘ) or Zavel (Dutch, pronounced ⓘ) is a neighbourhood and hill in the historic upper town of Brussels, Belgium.At its heart are twin squares: the larger Grand Sablon or Grote Zavel ("Large Sablon") square in the north-west and the smaller Petit Sablon or Kleine Zavel ("Small Sablon") square and garden in the south-east, divided by the Church of Our Lady of ...
The Place Jean Rey was included in plans for the Justus Lipsius building (headquarters of the Council of the European Union) in 1984.Its construction was delayed due to controversies about the area around the Justus Lipsius, legal difficulties, and failed schemes such as plans to demolish a large residential area.