Town Hall

building, Brussels, Belgium

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The Town Hall in Brussels, Belgium, is a significant secular building constructed in the Brabantine Gothic style. Located on the Grand' Place, the city's main square, it is a focal point of the historic Old Town.12

Construction of the Town Hall began in the early 1400s, with a massive, 315-foot-high bell tower as its centerpiece. The building underwent expansions and modifications over several decades, with its final phase completed in 1455. Despite damage from military events, including during the French Revolution, the Town Hall retains a unified and impressive facade. It is adorned with Gothic arcading, windows, crenellations, and a steeply pitched roof, all encrusted with figural sculptures of nobles, saints, and allegorical figures.3

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Centuries of occupation
…itself: near the marketplace, the Town Hall (1402–54) rose proudly, with its tall perforated steeple surmounted by a statue of the archangel Michael, the city’s patron saint. Various Gothic churches and cathedrals and the ducal Coudenberg Palace (destroyed in the 18th century), with its extensive park, added to the architectural…
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…itself: near the marketplace, the Town Hall (1402–54) rose proudly, with its tall perforated steeple surmounted by a statue of the archangel Michael, the city’s patron saint. Various Gothic churches and cathedrals and the ducal Coudenberg Palace (destroyed in the 18th century), with its extensive park, added to the architectural…
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