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p4060411ra.jpg Main concourse, Galerie de la Reine in Brussels. |
p4060413ra.jpg Plaque on a building on the square in Brussels |
p4060415ra.jpg Trade building on the square in Brussels. |
p4060416ra.jpg Trade building on the square in Brussels. |
p4060417ra.jpg Manneken Pis in Brussels. Very famous statue with multiple stories as to how it orgionated. |
p4060418ra.jpg Manneken Pis in Brussels |
p4070125ra.jpg War monument in Brussels honoring WWII veterans. |
p4070126ra.jpg Atomium in Brussels (from the Worlds Fair) |
p4070127ra.jpg Atomium in Brussels (from the Worlds Fair) |
p4070128ra.jpg Atomium in Brussels (from the Worlds Fair) with Mardella in the foreground. |
p4070129a.jpg The Fountain is quite a stretch for Mardella. (but its wet.) |
p4070130ra.jpg Monument in Brussels. On the way from the Atomium to the War Museum. Probaby part of The Royal Palace of Laeken (1784), located in a 160 ha park is the residence of the Belgian Royal family |
p4070133ra.jpg Walkway between buildings in the Brussels business district. (This part is all new glass and steel.) |
p4070134ra.jpg Method of pruning trees used in Belgium and Holland. Severe topping produces many small branches. Also keeps the tree very compact. |
p4070135a.jpg The Cinquantenaire: At the centre of this 90-acre park stands a 45-meter high "Arc de Triomphe" shaped building. Designed in 1880 by Bordiau, commanded by King Leopold II to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Belgium. |
p4070136p.jpg The Cinquantenaire: At the centre of this 90-acre park stands a 45-meter high "Arc de Triomphe" shaped building. Designed in 1880 by Bordiau, commanded by King Leopold II to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Belgium. |
p4070139a.jpg The Cinquantenaire located at the War Museum |
p4070140a.jpg The Cinquantenaire located at the War Museum. Also known as the Arc de Triomphe of Belgium. |
p4070141a.jpg A view of a typical Brussels neighborhood. |
p4070143ra.jpg The St. Hubert gallery is a fine example of a typical type of building of the 19th century: the covered shopping gallery. Between 1820 and 1880 seven of these galleries were built in Brussels. |
p4070144a.jpg Some of the guild houses on the Grand Place in Brussels. |
p4070147a.jpg Some of the guild houses on the Grand Place in Brussels. |
p4070148p.jpg Some of the guild houses on the Grand Place in Brussels. |
p4070154ra.jpg Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall), a gothic masterpiece. |
p4070155a.jpg The Swan, a home in the early days (1700's) of Brussels Central Place. |
p4070156rp.jpg The Swan, a home in the early days (1700's) of Brussels Central Place. |
p4070158a.jpg Former guild houses in the Grand Place (Central Market) of Brussels. |
p4070159ra.jpg A portal has been created out of the first floor of the smallest house on the Market Square. |
p4070160a.jpg The modern bronze Manneken Pis was sculpted by Jerôme Duquesnoy in 1619. A stone version - nicknamed 'Little Julian' - stood here from the 14th century. The statue's origins are lost in legend: Some say he was modeled on a boy who extinguished a fire, while others insist he was the son of a nobleman. |
p4070161a.jpg The modern bronze Manneken Pis. |