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Buildings and structures in the City of Brussels and in the Brussels-Capital Region. Subcategories This category has the following 23 subcategories, out of 23 total.
In addition, the Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate (since 2014, Choco-Story Brussels) was founded in July 1998 in the De Valck building, at 9–11, rue de la Tête d'or / Guldenhoofdstraat, just off the Grand-Place. [67]
The façade was restored in 1854–1858 by the City of Brussels' architect, Victor Jamaer , and again in 1907–1913 by the architect Jean Segers. [9] Nowadays, a Starbucks coffee shop is located on the ground floor of this building.
The building is located on the Square de l'Atomium / Atomiumsquare, [1] [7] at the intersection of the Boulevard du Centenaire / Eeuwfeestlaan with the Avenue de l'Atomium / Atomiumlaan and the Avenue de Bouchout / Boechoutlaan, and opposite the Centenary Palace of the Brussels Exhibition Centre (Brussels Expo).
It is located on the south side of the Grand-Place/Grote Markt (Brussels' main square), opposite the neo-Gothic King's House or Bread House [a] building, housing the Brussels City Museum. [ 1 ] Erected between 1401 and 1455, the Town Hall is the only remaining medieval building of the Grand-Place and is considered a masterpiece of civil Gothic ...
The vast majority of Belgium's skyscrapers are located in multi-municipal entity of the Brussels-Capital Region, which includes the City of Brussels, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and Schaerbeek (territories around the Northern Quarter, the nation's largest cluster of high-rise buildings). The rest of the skyscrapers are scattered among Belgium's ...
Built in 1898–1901, [8] the building houses a museum focusing on Horta's life and is among the few buildings by the architect that are open to the public. [ 5 ] Among the notable surviving examples of Horta's Art Nouveau architecture in Belgium that are not included in the UNESCO listing are the Hôtel Max Hallet (1903–1906) [ 10 ] and the ...
Brussels: 2008 i (cultural) The building was designed by the architect Joseph Poelaert in an eclectic style, drawing inspiration from Greco-Roman and Gothic architecture. Construction of the massive building begun in 1866 and concluded in 1883, when it was one of the largest buildings constructed in the 19th century.