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The square is located on the transition between Brussels' historic city centre (the Pentagon) and the Northern Quarter business district (also called Little Manhattan), an exponent of modern Brussels. It is an important communication node in the city both in terms of road network and public transport. Many hotels, offices and shops adjoin it.
Originally, the main square was the geographical centre of the towns and cities in these regions (for example the Grand-Place of Mons, Tournai, Arras, or Lille [c]). The Grand-Place of Brussels is the location of the city's Town Hall, and thus its political centre.
The covering of the Senne and the construction of the Central Boulevards have left deep traces in Brussels' historic centre. The formerly working-class districts have made way for apartment buildings and for the Stock Exchange with its commercial district, department stores, luxury hotels, concert halls, cafés and brasseries.
It is named in honour of Charles de Brouckère, a former mayor of the City of Brussels [1] and professor at the Free University of Brussels, who played a great political role during the Belgian Revolution of 1830. The square measures approximately 50 by 350 metres (160 by 1,150 ft) and is nearly entirely paved.
The Mint in the city centre [citation needed] Charleroi. Ville 2 located in the city centre has around 140 shops, restaurants, and cinema. [6] Rive Gauche is the newest shopping mall in Charleroi, has 95 shops on a commercial area of 39.000 m 2. [7] Genk. Shopping 1 is the first indoor shopping mall established in Belgium.
The luxurious Hotel Le Plaza, located on the boulevard, also closed its doors in 1976. Since 1976, the North–South line of the Brussels premetro has run underneath the boulevard. The reopening of the Hotel Le Plaza in 1998 marked the beginning of a certain revival. By the turn of the 21st century, only a few sex cinemas remained.
The Hotel Le Plaza is a five-star luxury hotel in the Marais–Jacqmain Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. Built in an Art Deco style with Louis XVI interiors and opened to customers in 1930, it is one of the last independent hotels in Brussels, and also one of the oldest. It has 190 rooms and 14 spacious suites.
The Square Sainctelette (French, pronounced [skwaʁ sɛ̃t.lɛt]) or Sainctelettesquare is a square in the City of Brussels municipality of Brussels, Belgium.It is named in honour of Charles-Xavier Sainctelette, a former Belgian minister for public works.