Grand Place and the royal Glasshouses, in Brussels
Hans De Four, a Belgian teacher, introduces us a website about Grand Place and the Royal Glasshouses in Brussels.
The website is about Brussels, its beautiful Grand Place and the royal Glasshouses. It publishes information for your future trips to Brussels. There is also related information about schools, teachers and students. In addition, the website features facts and figures about the history of Brussels, its art, architecture, and folk culture.
Grand Place, the Medieval Market Square, in front of the Brussels Town Hall, is one the most beautiful town squares in Europe, if not in the world. French-speakers refer to it as the 'Grande Place', whereas in Dutch it is called 'de Grote Markt'.
The tourists of the 20th century are not alone in their admiration. Archduchess Isabella, daughter of Filip II of Spain wrote about the square during her visit to Brussels on September the 5th 1599: "Never have I seen something so beautiful and exquisite as the town square of the city where the town hall rises up into the sky. The decoration of the houses is most remarkable".
The Royal Glasshouses were built by King Leopold II to accommodate his collection of plants from the Congo. The series of eleven massive greenhouses contains a selection of rare plants, kept in peak condition by a team of 20 gardeners.
