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The first walls of Brussels (French: première enceinte, Dutch: eerste stadsomwalling) were a series of fortifications erected around Brussels in the early 13th century. The city quickly outgrew them, and starting in 1356, a second, larger set of walls was built to better enclose and defend the city.
The Flanders Gate (French: Porte de Flandre; Dutch: Vlaamsepoort) was one of the medieval city gates of the second walls of Brussels, Belgium. [1] See also
The Halle Gate (French: Porte de Hal, pronounced [pɔʁt də al]; Dutch: Hallepoort) is a former medieval city gate and the last vestige of the second walls of Brussels, Belgium. [1] Built between 1381 and 1383, it was heavily restored in the 19th century in its current neo-Gothic style by the architect Henri Beyaert .
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View of Brussels with the Nassau Palace on the left From this time comes a testimony from the French traveler Pierre Bergeron. He was in Brussels in 1612 and remembered, in his unpublished manuscript Itinéraire germano-belgique , especially the ubiquitous slogans in the palace: the proud Ce sera moy Nassau and the actual motto, a sailing ship ...
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The Small Ring is located on the site of the second walls of Brussels, which were built in the 16th century. As in most European cities, these walls were replaced by large boulevards at the end of the 19th century. The Pentagon, within the Small Ring, covers 4.61 km 2 (1.78 sq mi) and is more or less pentagonal or heart-shaped, hence its name.