Grand Place / Grote Markt

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UNESCO World Heritage Site public square town square

Grand Place / Grote Markt is the ornate central square of Brussels, renowned for its opulent guildhalls, Town Hall, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Grand Place, Brussels 2
Grand-Place / Grote Markt 1
La Grand-Place, Brussels 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
public square ⓘ
town square ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque ⓘ
Gothic ⓘ
Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Louis XIV style
coordinateLocation 50.8467° N, 4.3525° E ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
hasPart Brussels Town Hall ⓘ
La Maison des Brasseurs ⓘ
La Maison du Roi museum ⓘ
Le Cornet guildhall ⓘ
Le Cygne ⓘ
Le Pigeon guildhall ⓘ
Le Renard guildhall ⓘ
Maison des Ducs de Brabant ⓘ
Maison du Roi / Broodhuis ⓘ
guildhalls of Brussels ⓘ
hasView Brussels Town Hall ⓘ
surface form: Brussels Town Hall tower
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
protected heritage site of Brussels ⓘ
inception 11th century ⓘ
knownFor Baroque façades ⓘ
Brussels Town Hall ⓘ
Christmas market ⓘ
Gothic architecture ⓘ
Maison du Roi / Broodhuis ⓘ
Ommegang pageant ⓘ
Renaissance architecture ⓘ
floral carpet event ⓘ
opulent architecture ⓘ
ornate guildhalls ⓘ
locatedIn Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

Brussels-Capital Region ⓘ
Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: City of Brussels

historic center of Brussels ⓘ
officialLanguageNames Grand-Place ⓘ
surface form: Grand-Place (French)

Grote Markt ⓘ
surface form: Grote Markt (Dutch)
pavedWith cobblestones ⓘ
rebuiltAfter bombardment of 1695 ⓘ
significantEvent bombardment of Brussels by French troops in 1695 ⓘ
touristAttraction major tourist attraction in Brussels ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria ii ⓘ
iv ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1998 ⓘ
usedFor festivals ⓘ
markets ⓘ
public events ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Heritage Sites in Belgium → hasExample → Grand Place / Grote Markt ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Grand-Place, Brussels
Brussels, Belgium → isFamousFor → Grand Place / Grote Markt ⓘ
subject surface form: Brussels
Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal → locatedNear → Grand Place / Grote Markt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand-Place / Grote Markt
Manneken Pis → locatedNear → Grand Place / Grote Markt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Place, Brussels
Manneken Pis → nearbyAttraction → Grand Place / Grote Markt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Place, Brussels