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:Antwerp townhouse 2014 (photo Jan Willem Geerinck).JPG|thumb|left|200px|[[Antwerp City Hall]]<br><small>Photo © [[JWG]]</small>]] |
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| + | Canonical: [[Victor Horta]], [[Renaat Braem]], [[Jacques Moeschal (architect)|Jacques Moeschal]] | ||
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| + | [[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>]] | ||
| + | [[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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| - | :''[[Belgian tourism]], [[Belgian culture]], [[List of Belgian architects]]'' | + | 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]]. |
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| + | 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). | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | 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== | ||
| + | *[[Neoclassical architecture in Belgium]] | ||
| + | ==19th century== | ||
| + | *[[Eclectic architecture in Belgium ]] | ||
| + | *[[Art Nouveau in Belgium]] | ||
| - | There are still many old monuments visible in Belgium, like the [[Romanesque architecture|romanesque]] ''Collégiale Saint-Gertrude de [[Nivelles]]'' ([[1046]]) and ''[[Tournai Cathedral|Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Tournai]]'', [[Gothic architecture|gothic]] [[Antwerp]] [[cathedral]] (15th century) and [[baroque]] [[Brussels]] [[Grand Place|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== | ==Twentieth century== | ||
| - | [[Renaat Braem]], [[Juliaan Lampens]], [[Léon Stynen]]. | + | *[[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== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Neoclassical architecture in Belgium]] | + | *[[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 (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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