Architecture of Belgium
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| Famous [[Art Nouveau]] architects [[Victor Horta]] and [[Henry van de Velde]] influenced early 20th-century architecture in Belgium and abroad. | Famous [[Art Nouveau]] architects [[Victor Horta]] and [[Henry van de Velde]] influenced early 20th-century architecture in Belgium and abroad. | ||
| - | In Ghent there is the [[Stadshal (Ghent)]], in Brussels the [[Atomium]] (1958) and in Liège the [[Liège-Guillemins railway station]] (2009). | + | In Ghent there is the [[Stadshal (Ghent)|City Pavilion]] (2012), in Brussels the [[Atomium]] (1958) and in Liège the [[Liège-Guillemins railway station]] (2009). |
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Examples of Belgian architecture include the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (980s) the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles (1046), the Tournai Cathedral and the 15th-century Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp and, as well as the Brussels Grand Place.
In Antwerp there is the Antwerp City Hall (1565), the Royal Museum of Fine Arts (1890) and the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station (1905).
Famous Art Nouveau architects Victor Horta and Henry van de Velde influenced early 20th-century architecture in Belgium and abroad.
In Ghent there is the City Pavilion (2012), in Brussels the Atomium (1958) and in Liège the Liège-Guillemins railway station (2009).
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18th century
19th century
Twentieth century
Renaat Braem, Juliaan Lampens, Léon Stynen.
- Style Beaux-Arts en Belgique
- Architecture monumentale en Belgique
- Art Deco architecture in Belgium
- Modernist architecture in Belgium
See also
- Belgian brutalism
- Belgian tourism
- Belgian culture
- List of Belgian architects
- Archibelge (2015), a television documentary on ugly Belgian architecture
- Architecture of the Netherlands
- Lintbebouwing
- Ugly Belgian Houses
- Fermette
- Toerist Modernist
- "The Ugliest Country in the World" (1968), a book-length essay by Renaat Braem
- Plannen voor plaats (2018), a documentary by Nic Balthazar and Leo Van Broeck
- Jacques Moeschal
