Step Into History
Walk Brussels in 1560
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Step Into History · City walk
Bruegel's Brussels, 1560
Brussels in 1560 is a compact, fortified capital where ducal power on the Coudenberg and the civic guilds of the Grand-Place shape daily life. This walk traces the approach across fields and the city gates, moves through market streets and the Senne's mills and breweries, and descends into the Marolles where kermesses and street processions animate the lanes.
34 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Brussels as it stood in 1560 (“History of Brussels”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Sonian Forest Edge
- 2. Halle Gate (Porte de Hal)
- 3. Rue Haute
- 4. Kiekenmarkt (Chicken Market)
- 5. Senne Mills and Breweries
- ↳ Brewhouse of the Senne Mills · interior
- 6. Place Saint-Géry
- ↳ Fishmongers' Covered Hall · interior
- 7. Grand-Place
- ↳ Clothiers' Guildhall · interior
- 8. Town Hall (Stadhuis)
- ↳ Gothic Council Hall · interior
- 9. King's House (Broodhuis)
- ↳ Breadhouse Grain Hall · interior
- 10. Grasmarkt (Herbs Market)
- 11. Saint Nicholas Church
- ↳ Saint Nicholas Nave · interior
- 12. Coudenberg Slope
- 13. Coudenberg Palace Exterior
- ↳ Aula Magna of Coudenberg · interior
- 14. Sablon (Zavel)
- 15. Great Beguinage
- ↳ Beguinage Refectory · interior
- 16. St. Michael and St. Gudula
- 17. Rue de Namur / Naamsestraat
- ↳ Merchant's Counting House · interior
- 18. Chaussée de Gand (Gentsesteenweg)
- 19. Chapel Church (Kapellekerk)
- ↳ Drapers' Workshop Loft · interior
- 20. Marolles Main Street
- ↳ Pieter Bruegel's Workshop · interior
- ↳ Tavern Hall at the Kermesse · interior
- 21. Blaesstraat
- 22. Coudenberg Terrace View