Asset
Search magazines
Aanmelden
Info Menu
Copy and paste this minimal source listing into your document.
K 140318, Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience
| Title | EHC_K140318_2015_0062.tif |
| Category | uit de bibliotheekcollecties van Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience |
| Asset identification [ID] | https://dams.antwerpen.be/asset/H1CQXkQTXE3hLKAZOniXtm98#id |
Belongs to
| Belgium as she is |
| Full text | oo È ®@ 3 == EN y De 8 GD E 104 phine, for whom Napoleon purchased it. It was here (hat the Emperor determined on undertaking the Russian campaign which subsequently proved, so disastrous. The Churchyard of Laeken is considered the Père la Chaise of Brussels. Mad®° Malibran lies buried here. The City of Brussels owes its origin to a small island in the river Senne called St Gery, and to which a thousand old stories belong, not forget ting the invariable one attached to every Flemish legend , namely the destruction of a Dragon by a Saint, and a Female Hermit who founded the future City. For these old Chronicles I regret to say find Ï have not space, and shall therefore pass over the origin and early history of Brussels, and merely say the present Metropolis of Belgium has grown by degrees from a few fishing huts built in an island, up the side of an adjacent hill (so steep that it is frightful to see carriages trotling down it), to the summit, which offers the extensive table land on which the modern, or new, town has been built. A town as Ï have already stated which must strike every eye, as one of the most beautiful, and pictu- resque in Europe. The six principal squares of Brussels, are the Place Royale, the Grande Place, the Place de la Monnaie, the Place des Martyrs, and the two Sablons. The first is a handsome modern square, most of the splendid houses in it, have been converted into Hotels; such Hotels as no ' 105 other capital can boast. The centre of tbe princi- pal face, tooking directly down the main artery of the town , the Montagne de la Cour, is occupied by the imposing looking Church of St James (Cauden- berg) which seems to dominate the whole City as you come up the hill. Ätis a remarkably bandsome building, its facade resting on fifteen high steps, is ornamented by two very fine slatues of Moses and David. It was here that the Bollandists wrote the celebrated Acta Sanctorum Belg. During the short rule of republicanism this Church was converted into a Temple to Reason. The Court yard to the right, originally boasted the privileges of a sanctuary. In it, no debtor could be arrested , no deserter be taken up, nor any ven- dor of forbidden drugs he punished by law. The Emperor Joseph IÌ in 4785 abolished this freedom, but permitted those already benefitted by its former privileges , to continue within the same protective pale during their lives in any other part of the City. Her Majesty during the winter regularly attends Divine service in the Church of Saint James. The Place des Martyrs is a small square, sur- rounded with modern buildings. In the centre is a sunk area, round which are a range of vaults con— taining the bodies of about 300 Belgians who fell during the revolution of 4830. There are also a few buried in the very pretty Garden, planted around the catacombs, and over which a sentinel 10. |
| Last OCR | Last OCR 2020-09-30 14:21:59 |
| Original filename | EHC_K140318_2015_0062.tif |
| Filesize | 17.38 MB |
| Height | 1982px |
| Width | 3065px |
| MIME-type | image/tiff |
| Creation date in Dams | 2017-05-08 10:03:14 |
| Last modification | 2020-09-30 14:22:02 |
| Info |
This media file falls into the public domain. This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
The metadata is licensed with a creative commons zero license. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. If you use this media file and / or the metadata, we would appreciate it if you copied the information from the Acknowledgements field as a source reference. When used in a publication, we would like to receive a copy for our library. |
| Acknowledgements | K 140318, Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience |
| Source listing | Addison, Henry R., Belgium as she is, K 140318, Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience |
One moment please...