Imagine Brussels in the Renaissance: the city is protected by a wall... or
rather two. The first city wall dates from the early 13th century, and the
second from the 14th century. Starting with a w
When dear old Guy first set foot in Broeck, sauntering around the Rinck, which
would later become known as Place de la Vaillance, little could he have imagined
that his devotees would end up buildi
Lamorel d'Egmont, Philippe de Hornes, two names that mean rebellion against the
austere Spanish yoke in this second half of the 16th century. For the 450th
anniversary of the beheading of these two
Once upon a time there was a bakery that became the House of the King and
eventually turned into a museum. Its lacy façade hides architectural secrets,
symbols of the city’s history and the presenc
