{"id":3219,"date":"2023-03-07T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=3219"},"modified":"2023-03-07T16:47:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T16:47:27","slug":"town-exploration-4-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/town-exploration-4-brussels\/","title":{"rendered":"Town exploration: 4 Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230303_2123007007E2-2-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230303_2123007007E2-2-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230303_2123007007E2-2-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230303_2123007007E2-2-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230303_2123007007E2-2-1536x1130.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230303_2123007007E2-2-2048x1507.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Modern map of central Brussels.\u00a0 The Bourse is a red circle near the centre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The map of the centre of Brussels shows the area where I have identified topographical evidence of an  early Wall circuit.  The two red lines coming from the top left point to a red rectangle which is  on the curved road called   &#8216;Vieux March\u00e9 aux Grains&#8217;.  This road follows the curved line of the NE section of the wall and was confirmed by the discovery of a surviving section of the Wall on it (see previous posts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, on my 4th and last day in Brussels I want to find the rest of this circuit.  If you look at the map you can convince yourself there is a circular route &#8211; Rue des Riches Clares (Street of the Clare nuns); Rue des Teinturies (Street of Dyers); Kolenmarkt (Coal Market) and to the Grand Place. But I can find nothing that proves it and its a bit weird to have the Town Square (Grand Place) of the town outside the circuit.  Maybe this is because the Bourse was the original centre of gravity I wondered? Whatever the case, the roads have the irregularity of medieval town centre streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-10.43.40-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Town  Hall Grand Place, Brussels\" class=\"wp-image-3220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-10.43.40-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-10.43.40-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-10.43.40-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-10.43.40-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-03-10.43.40-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Town  Hall Grand Place, Brussels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It started to rain so decided to see about a guided tour of the Town Hall, but the attendant suggested I&#8217;d be better off at the free &#8216;House of the King&#8217; across the square which I discover with rising excitement is subtitled &#8216;The Brussels City Museum.&#8217;  Initially I&#8217;m disappointed as it is full of fragments of Gothic statues, but upstairs, I strike pay dirt with not only maps, engravings and photographs of the Old Wall Circuit but also a massive model.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-10.35.18-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Model of 13th Century Wall Circuit of Brussels.\" class=\"wp-image-3221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-10.35.18-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-10.35.18-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-10.35.18-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-10.35.18-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-10.35.18-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Model of 13th Century Wall Circuit of Brussels. (looking South West)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It takes me a lot of time to work out what is what and which direction we are looking.  But the section of the wall at the bottom of the photo above is the wall I identified on the Vieux March\u00e9 aux Grains. St Catherine&#8217;s is the Church seen just inside the Wall, just to the left of the Gate at the middle bottom of the photo. Other evidence makes it clear that the present day St Catherine&#8217;s was moved a little to the left (east).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, a confirmation of sorts, but also a revelation, in that a river is flowing just behind the wall, and the wall circuit is much bigger than I suspected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The River is the Senne, it was navigable to an extent taking 8 days to take cargoes to the River Schelde.  The River is completely gone, and I think the other part of the wall I pencilled in was actually not the wall but roads following the route of the River.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The River Senne, originally the reason for the foundation of Brussels, became a stinking sewer and was filled in leaving no trace, except the roads that ran alongside it or replaced it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/brussels-1665-old-masters-museum-_02-detail.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3229\" width=\"512\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/brussels-1665-old-masters-museum-_02-detail.png 841w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/brussels-1665-old-masters-museum-_02-detail-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/brussels-1665-old-masters-museum-_02-detail-768x560.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail labelled copy of panoramic painting of Brussels c1665 by Jean-Baptiste Bonnercroy.\u00a0 Looking South West<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The River was augmented and then replaced by a Canal, which reduced the journey time to the Schelde to one day.  The Canal came into the expanded City at no 29 (above_  which is the River gate of the 2nd Wall circuit, and, you might just be able to see a wide street going diagonally from 29 towards no 26, which is St Catherine&#8217;s Church.  This street used to be the new canal, now a dry linear park and market place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.11.34-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.11.34-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.11.34-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.11.34-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.11.34-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.11.34-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of Braun &amp; Hogenberg map  of 1572, showing the canal entering at Porte De Rivage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the canal was a T-Junction so that boats could turn around. When this was filled in and reclaimed St Catherine&#8217;s was moved and rebuilt in this space.  The Wall was just south of the t-Junction and  No 30 in the panorama is the Black Tower, part of the original 13th Century Wall Circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230304_112639420_HDR-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230304_112639420_HDR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230304_112639420_HDR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230304_112639420_HDR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230304_112639420_HDR-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230304_112639420_HDR-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">St Catherine&#8217;s, built over the old t-junction of the canal.  The photo is taken from what was once the canal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But back to my search for the 13th Century Walk circuit.  Look below at the whole model you will see how wrong I was about a small roundish early wall circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-10.17.50-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-10.17.50-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-10.17.50-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-10.17.50-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-10.17.50-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-10.17.50-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Model of 13th Century Wall Circuit of Brussels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This view of the town is the opposite direction to the previous one, so the wall in the far distance was the section I correctly identified.  But I had absolutely no idea that the walled area was so large.  The bulge in the wall at the front of the picture was on high ground and was original the site of the Duke of Brabant&#8217;s Castle, on Coundenberg Hill and founded in the 11th Century.  My exploration was not particularly successful, as far as the 13th Century circuit was concerned, as I had no idea where most of the wall circuit was. I was thinking that there must have been a castle on top of the Hill, but didn&#8217;t think the wall circuit would be that big.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brussels itself began as a small trading town on the River Senne and in the marshy valley of the River. It collected grain from the rich area to export to Antwerp and other urban centres.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-11.33.33-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-11.33.33-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-11.33.33-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-11.33.33-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-11.33.33-1536x1098.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-11.33.33-2048x1464.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Braun and Hogenberg Plan of Brussels, 1572 showing both wall circuits. North east at the bottom of the plan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The map above shows the two wall circuits.  The earliest built 1210 -1230 and the large circuit built in 1357 -1383.  That later was extensively developed with the addition of demi-lunettes in 1578, and turned into full bastions in 1671 to cope with the increasing power of artillery.  The letters on the plan refer to pictures of the wall that survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230303_160016931-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230303_160016931-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230303_160016931-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230303_160016931-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230303_160016931-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230303_160016931-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Panoramic painting of Brussels c1665 by Jean-Baptiste Bonnercroy.&nbsp; Looking South West<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The second wall circuit can clearly be seen in the picture above, with Porte de Flandres in the centre, and demi-lunettes in front of the 14th Century Wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I finished the exploration by finally getting into the 14th Century Gate &#8211; Porte de Halle which was wall worth the two trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.21.17-596x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.21.17-596x1024.jpg 596w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.21.17-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.21.17-768x1320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.21.17-894x1536.jpg 894w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.21.17-1192x2048.jpg 1192w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.21.17-scaled.jpg 1490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Porte de Halles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This image below will give a good idea of the final form of the defences before they were almost totally demolished and replaced by a ring road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.14.27-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.14.27-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.14.27-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.14.27-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.14.27-1536x1070.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-05-14.14.27-2048x1426.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The late 17th Century Defences of Brussels. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So all in all Brussels is a very interesting City with great museums, amazing pubs\/bars, fabulous remains of Art Nouveau dotted around, and an interesting history.  As to my exploration, very enjoyable, a little disappointed I didn&#8217;t find the River, or identify more of the 13th Century Circuit. With another day I would have walked the entire 13th and 14th Century circuits. But I suspect the surgeon who did my hernia operation would have thought I overdid it as it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The map of the centre of Brussels shows the area where I have identified topographical evidence of an early Wall circuit. The two red lines coming from the top left point to a red rectangle which is on the curved road called &#8216;Vieux March\u00e9 aux Grains&#8217;. 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