The Upper Town and the Place Royale
Brussels - Upper Town
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Walk - About 1h30 - 5€
(ex. suppl.2€)
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The focus of this walk is the Place Royale, a beautiful “French style” square around which are concentrated some of the best museums in Brussels, as well as the Royal Palace and Brussels Park. The Place Royale has been home to all of the country’s political powers. There is a lot of history here, and we shall be exploring at it through this area’s architecture. We will also be visiting the remains of the medieval palace under the square, which will give us an even clearer understanding of this site’s history.
Our visit will take us all the way to the Column of Congress, a grand commemorative monument in the middle of a typically 19th-century area. On our way, we will stop by the Museum of Musical Instruments, housed in a remarkable Art Nouveau glass and steel building.
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Places and topics covered
1: Place Royale (Royal square) and its history, 2: Museum square and Charles de Lorraine, 3: Calder's Statue-Fountain, 4: Art-Nouveau (Museum of Musical Instruments), 5: Medieval underground ruins (old chapel, large banqueting hall, artefacts...), 6: Royal Palace, 7: Palace square, 8: Brussels Park, 9: Parliament
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Informations
Author: Stéphane Colin
Departure point: Place Royale
Arrival point: Parliament, rue de la Loi
Access: Metro stations: Parc or Gare Centrale
Times: Our tour can be taken any day of the week, except on Mondays. The monuments we will visit are open from 10am to 6pm in the summer, and from 10am to 5pm in winter
Comments: Our tour can be taken any day of the week, except on Mondays
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