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Abbaye de Forest - Abdij van Vorst

Forest Abbey (French: Abbaye de Forest) was a Benedictine Abbey founded in 1105, beside a creek, a tributary of the Zenne, southwest of the city of Brussels, Belgium in the municipality of Forest.The abbots of Affligem Abbey, which had been the ecclesiastical owners of the parish since the bishop of…

Egmont Palace

The Egmont Palace (French: Palais d'Egmont, Dutch: Egmontpaleis) is a neoclassical palace in Brussels, Belgium. It is situated in the Sablon/Zavel district, between the Rue aux Laines/Wolstraat and the Petit Sablon Square. Today, it houses the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel

Starting its activities in 1813, the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (French: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, Dutch: Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel) received its official name in 1832.

Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege

St John Berchmans College (Dutch: Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege) is a Roman Catholic secondary school founded by the Society of Jesus in Brussels.

Hotel Hannon

The Hôtel Hannon is an Art Nouveau villa in the municipality of Saint-Gilles in greater Brussels, Belgium. The house was constructed in 1903 and 1904 for the industrialist Édouard Hannon, and is the only Art Nouveau house designed by the Belgian architect Jules Brunfaut.The Hôtel Hannon is locate…

Hôtel Tassel

The Hôtel Tassel (French: Hôtel Tassel, Dutch: Hotel Tassel) is a townhouse in Brussels, Belgium, designed by Victor Horta for the Belgian scientist and professor Emile Tassel and built from 1892–93.

Manneken Pis

Manneken Pis (Dutch: [ˌmɑnəkə(m) ˈpɪs] (listen); Dutch for '"Little Pissing Man"') is a landmark 61 cm (24 in) bronze fountain sculpture of a puer mingens in central Brussels (Belgium), depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin.

Our Blessed Lady of Zavel Church

The Church of Our Blessed Lady of the Sablon (French: Église Notre-Dame du Sablon, Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Zavelkerk) is a Roman Catholic church located in the Sablon/Zavel district in the historic centre of Brussels, Belgium.

Brussels Shot Tower

The Brussels Shot Tower is a shot tower located in Brussels, Belgium. It was built in 1898 at the site of a former gunpowder factory that dated back to 1832. The shot tower was used until 1962, making the last one to remain in use in Belgium.

Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta

The major town houses of Victor Horta are four houses in the city of Brussels in Belgium, which have been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.

La Fleur en Papier Doré

Het Goudblommeke in Papier ("The Paper Marigold") or La Fleur en Papier doré ("The Gilt-Paper Flower") is a historic café/brasserie established in 1944 at Cellebroersstraat 55 (in french: Rue des Alexiens 55) in Brussels.The painter René Magritte, the novelist Louis Paul Boon, and the cartoonist…