Brussels Square

Unesco Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized Belgium's Brussels Square as a World Cultural Heritage in 1998.

Bruxelles Square of Belgium is considered a symbol of the city after the Atomium Building and Maneken Pis Fountain . Brussels Square was formed after the City Hall and some other buildings and neighborhoods were formed.

In the past, this was a market with a system of cage houses for trading and business. If coming to Belgium today and visiting Bruxelles Square, tourists can hardly imagine such a beautiful and large place which is a market.

The most prominent in Bruxelles Square is the City Hall building . The city government built the City Hall in 1402 and completed repairs many times later. The town hall now sees the last repair in 1455. The first architect to design the Town Hall was Jacob van Thienen . In the middle of the City Hall there is a 97m fox tower designed in Gothic architecture. What is special about this architecture is that the two sides of the wings are not asymmetrical completely because they were built through many different stages in a long time. Firstly, it was designated to build on the left wing, then many years of construction on the right side were newly built. Towering tower in the middle of the tower was built last, 5 years after the completion of the project on the right to start building the tower. Architect Jean Van Ruysbroek is the designer and responsible for building this tower.

At the end of the 17th century, the City Hall was severely damaged by the war caused by the French army. By the 18th century, people had joined the city government to restore this project. Most of the works in Bruxelles Square including today's City Hall are achievements from many renovations during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Beside the City Hall, Bruxelles square area also has some other beautiful architecture including the Broodhuis House , this house was first built in the 13th century, when the house was built by wood used to make a bakery. By the 15th century, the wooden house was replaced by a stone house and reserved for the Duke of Braband. At that time the house was called Maison du Duc . When the Braband's land fell into the Habsburg family, the house was called the Maison du Roi and the name remained the same until now. In 1873, the city government entrusted the architect Victor Jamaer with modifying the structure of the foot walls around the house for the architecture of the neo-Gothic-style house .

The streets around Bruxelles square have so far kept the name from the early days of the market. The name at that time was based on the business of the neighborhood such as: street cheese, street of coal, crocodile, avocado street . In these neighborhoods there is also a brewery factory now fixed back into a beer museum.

Throughout its history, Brussels Square is home to many historical events. On July 1, 1523, two believers of the Protestant religion were Henri Voes and Jean Van Eschen were burned by the Inquisition on the fire. In May 1568, Earl Egmont and Earl Hom were beheaded in this square.

In 1695, the 70,000 French army under General Francois de Neufville's command struck the city center continuously for 3 days with mortars and cannons. This battle destroyed most of the buildings in the city center, the City Hall left only a stone wall, some of which remained intact and others seriously damaged.

Currently, the area of ​​Bruxelles square continues to be the place where important city events and festivals take place. At any time and this time, the area around the square is always crowded. Because beside the ancient beauty, magnificence of the architecture of this area, the ideal place for tourists to travel by wide, airy space with very poetic and romantic scenery.