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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 1979 Brussels bombing was an attack carried out by volunteers belonging to the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) against a British Army band on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt, the central square of Brussels, Belgium, on 28 August 1979. [1] The bombing injured seven bandsmen and eleven civilians, [2] and caused extensive damage. [1]
Brussels Massacre: May 22, 1370: City of Brussels, Brussels Capital Region: 6 Massacre of the Jewish community in Brussels Spanish Fury of Mechelen: Oct 2, 1572: Mechelen, Province of Antwerp: Unknown Sack and massacre of citizens in the city of Mechelen by Spanish soldiers after the fall of the city during the Eighty Years' War. Spanish Fury ...
A view of the Square Sainctelette in Brussels. The attack took place outside and in the lobby of the glass-cladded building in the upper left-hand corner. At about 7:15 pm on 16 October 2023, Lassoued opened fire on Swedish football supporters in a taxi at the junction of the Boulevard du Neuvième de Ligne / Negende Linielaan and the Boulevard d'Ypres / Ieperlaan, just off the Square ...
The City of Brussels [a] is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, [b] as well as the capital of the French Community of ...
Brussels' Town Hall. Jacob (or Jaak, or Jacques) van Thienen (also called van Gobertingen) [1] was a Flemish architect of the early 15th century (his dates of birth and death are unknown). He is believed to have designed Brussels' Town Hall (French: Hôtel de Ville, Dutch: Stadhuis), around 1402.
At 20:39, a 36-year-old male entered Brussels-Central railway station and descended the central stairs in the main hall, approaching a cluster of ten travelers at the bottom of the stairs. At 20:44, the man was seen isolating himself from others, then moving towards the cluster of travelers again, appearing to be nervous.
Brussels' Town Hall. Jan van Ruysbroeck (also known as Jan van den Berghe) was a Flemish architect of the early 15th century (his dates of birth and death are unknown). He served as official architect to the Duke of Brabant. [1] His best known work was the tower of Brussels' Town Hall (French: Hôtel de Ville, Dutch: Stadhuis).