Architecture of Belgium
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There are still many old monuments visible in Belgium, like the romanesque Collégiale Saint-Gertrude de Nivelles (1046) and Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Tournai, gothic Antwerp cathedral (15th century) and baroque Brussels Grand' Place. Famous Art Nouveau architects Victor Horta and Henry Van de Velde have influenced the early 20th century architecture in Belgium and abroad.
Twentieth century
Renaat Braem, Juliaan Lampens, Léon Stynen.
But also "Emiel Van Averbeke, Eduard Van Steenbergen, Jef Huygh, Flor Van Reeth, Charles Hoge, Jules Lippens, Geo Henderick, Valentin Vaerwyck, Jan Albert De Bondt, Gaston Eysselinck, Pierre Verbruggen, Henry van de Velde en Jozef Schellekens."[1]
See also
- Belgian Brutalism
- Belgian tourism
- Belgian culture
- List of Belgian architects
- Neoclassical architecture in Belgium
- Archibelge (2015), a television documentary on ugly Belgian architecture
- Architecture of the Netherlands
- Lintbebouwing
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