Belgium and Luxembourg (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

BRUSSELS 59 Simple Gothic shapes on the restored side of the Église St-Nicolas LUXURIOUS LACE Lace (dentelle in French, kant in ...

60 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp262–3 and pp284–6 Halles St-Géry 7 Pl ...

THE BÉGUINE MOVEMENT The béguine lifestyle swept across western Europe dur- ing the 13th century. The order is believed to have ...

62 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp262–3 and pp284–6 Alfresco dining at ...

BRUSSELS 63 JACQUES BREL One of the most celebrated and cherished of all Belgians, Jacques Brel (1929–78) rose to stardom in the ...

64 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp262–3 and pp284–6 Glittering chandeli ...

BRUSSELS 65 Unique marble floor in the state room, Palais de Charles de Lorraine showpiece of Art Nouveau architecture. Architec ...

66 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp262–3 and pp284–6 Brussels’s famous W ...

BRUSSELS 67 The imposing bulk of Porte de Hal, evoking Brussels’s medieval past Palais de Justice j Place Poelaert 1, 1000 BRU. ...

68 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION The Census at Bethlehem (1610) Pieter Brueghel the Younger (c.1564–1638) produced a v ...

BRUSSELS 69 GALLERY GUIDE The gallery is divided up into two different eras of art, as shown in the key. Two large auditoriums o ...

70 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts: Musée Magritte and Musée d’Art Moderne The Musée Magrit ...

. Woman in a Blue Dress in Front of a Mirror (1914) Brussels-born Rik Wouters (1882–1916) was a sculptor and Fauvist painter who ...

72 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION MUSÉE D’ART ANCIEN The Musée d’Art Ancien exhibits works dating from the 15th to the ...

BRUSSELS 73 The Orange Market at Blidah (1898) by Henri Evenepoel familiar objects in unusual, sometimes unsettling, combin atio ...

74 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp262–3 and pp284–6 Musée Charlier, hom ...

BRUSSELS 75 The European Parliament building behind the trees of Parc Léopold Awe-inspiring paintings in the huge studio space o ...

76 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REGION BY REGION Parc du Cinquantenaire x The finest of King Leopold II’s grand projects, the Parc and ...

BRUSSELS 77 Musée Royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire Parc du Cinquantenaire 3. Tel (02) 7377833. # 9am–noon and 1–4:45pm T ...

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