Brussels Town Hall is one of the Belgium's finest civic buildings. Not
only because of the numerous sculptures adorning its walls, but also
because of its perfect proportions and the incomparable beauty of its
tower, the spire of which is topped by the archangel Saint Michael,
Brussels laid the foundation stone of the magnificent Gothic edifice in
the spring of 1402. In 1695, when the city was bombarded by Marshal de
Villeroy, the Town Hall was destroyed by fire. Its reception rooms and
alderman's offices contain fine Brussels tapestries from the 16th, 17th
and 18th centuries, sumptuous Gothic wooden panelling, the insignia of
ancient guilds and paintings from the collections at the Town Hall
Museum.
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