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Museum of the City of Brussels

Index Museum of the City of Brussels

The Museum of the City of Brussels (Musée de la ville de Bruxelles, Museum van de Stad Brussel) is a museum on the Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium. [1]

13 relations: Belgium, Bombardment of Brussels, Brussels, Brussels Town Hall, City of Brussels, Duke of Brabant, Gothic Revival architecture, Grand Place, Manneken Pis, Middle Ages, Middle Dutch, Museum, World Heritage site.

Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Bombardment of Brussels

The bombardment of Brussels by French troops of Louis XIV on August 13, 14, and 15, 1695, and the resulting fire were together the most destructive event in the entire history of Brussels.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Brussels Town Hall

The Town Hall (Hôtel de Ville, Dutch) of the City of Brussels is a Gothic building from the Middle Ages.

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City of Brussels

The City of Brussels (French: Ville de Bruxelles or alternatively Bruxelles-Ville, Dutch: Stad Brussel or Brussel-Stad) is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, and the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Duke of Brabant

The Duke of Brabant was formally the ruler of the Duchy of Brabant since 1183/1184.

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Gothic Revival architecture

Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England.

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Grand Place

The Grand Place (French,; "Grand Square"; also used in English) or Grote Markt (Dutch,; "Grand Market") is the central square of Brussels.

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Manneken Pis

Manneken Pis (meaning "Lil' Piddler" in Dutch) is a landmark small bronze sculpture (61 cm) in Brussels, depicting a naked little boy urinating into a fountain's basin.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Middle Dutch

Middle Dutch is a collective name for a number of closely related West Germanic dialects (whose ancestor was Old Dutch) spoken and written between 1150 and 1500.

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Museum

A museum (plural musea or museums) is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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Broodhuis, Brussels City Museum.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_the_City_of_Brussels

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