Architecture of Belgium
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| [[Image:KMSKA in September 2008, foto door J. W. Geerinck.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp]]. | [[Image:KMSKA in September 2008, foto door J. W. Geerinck.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp]]. | ||
| <br><small>Photo © [[JWG]]</small>]] | <br><small>Photo © [[JWG]]</small>]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Antwerpen Centraal station 1930s.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Antwerpen-Centraal railway station]], see [[Eclectic architecture in Belgium]]]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Liberaal Volkhuis Help u Zelve in de Volksstraat.jpg |thumb|right|200px|[[Liberaal Volkshuis "Help U Zelve"]] (1901) in the [[Volkstraat]], see [[Art Nouveau in Antwerp]]]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Zuiderpershuis.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Zuiderpershuis]] on the [[Waalse Kaai]]]] | ||
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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 (Antwerp)|Cathedral of Our Lady]] in Antwerp and, as well as the Brussels [[Grand Place]]. | 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 (Antwerp)|Cathedral of Our Lady]] in Antwerp and, as well as the Brussels [[Grand Place]]. | ||
| - | There is the [[Antwerpen-Centraal railway station]] (1905). | + | In Antwerp there is the [[Antwerp City Hall]] (1565), the [[Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp|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. | + | Famous [[Art Nouveau]] architects [[Victor Horta]] ([[Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tournai]], 1928) and [[Henry van de Velde]] ([[Boekentoren]], ) influenced early 20th-century architecture in Belgium and abroad. |
| - | Then there is the [[Atomium]], [[Liège-Guillemins Train Station]]. | + | In Ghent there is the [[Stadshal (Ghent)|City Pavilion]] (2012), in Brussels the [[Atomium]] (1958) and in Liège the [[Liège-Guillemins railway station]] (2009). |
| ==18th century== | ==18th century== | ||
| *[[Neoclassical architecture in Belgium]] | *[[Neoclassical architecture in Belgium]] | ||
| ==19th century== | ==19th century== | ||
| - | *[[Architecture éclectique en Belgique]] | + | *[[Eclectic architecture in Belgium ]] |
| *[[Art Nouveau in Belgium]] | *[[Art Nouveau in Belgium]] | ||
| ==Twentieth century== | ==Twentieth century== | ||
| - | [[Renaat Braem]], [[Juliaan Lampens]], [[Léon Stynen]]. | + | *[[Renaat Braem]], [[Juliaan Lampens]], [[Léon Stynen]], [[Marcel Raymaekers ]]. |
| - | + | *[[Beaux-Arts architecture in Belgium ]] | |
| - | *[[Style Beaux-Arts en Belgique]] | + | *[[Monumental architecture in Belgium ]] |
| - | *[[Architecture monumentale en Belgique]] | + | *[[Art Deco architecture in Belgium]] |
| - | *[[Art Deco architecture in Belgium ]] | + | |
| *[[Modernist architecture in Belgium ]] | *[[Modernist architecture in Belgium ]] | ||
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| *''[[Plannen voor plaats]]'' (2018), a documentary by Nic Balthazar and Leo Van Broeck | *''[[Plannen voor plaats]]'' (2018), a documentary by Nic Balthazar and Leo Van Broeck | ||
| *[[Jacques Moeschal (architect) |Jacques Moeschal]] | *[[Jacques Moeschal (architect) |Jacques Moeschal]] | ||
| + | *[[Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries ]] | ||
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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 (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tournai, 1928) and Henry van de Velde (Boekentoren, ) 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
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19th century
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Twentieth century
- Renaat Braem, Juliaan Lampens, Léon Stynen, Marcel Raymaekers .
- Beaux-Arts architecture in Belgium
- Monumental architecture in Belgium
- Art Deco architecture in Belgium
- Modernist architecture in Belgium
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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
- Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries
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