Place des Barricades

The Place des Barricades or Barricadenplein, meaning "Barricades' Square", is a historic square in the Freedom Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. Its current name refers to the barricades of the September Days of the Belgian Revolution of 1830.

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Type: Square
Description: square in Brussels, Belgium
Also known as: “Barricadenplein”, “Place des Barricades - Barricadenplein”, and “Place des Barricades;Barricadenplein”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Finance Tower and Grand Place.

Finance Tower

Government office

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The Finance Tower is a skyscraper in the Northern Quarter central business district of Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by the architects Hugo Van Kuyck, Marcel Lambrichs and Léon Stynen and built between 1968 and 1982. Finance Tower is situated 290 metres northwest of Place des Barricades.

Grand Place

Square

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The Grand-Place or Grote Markt is the central square of Brussels, Belgium. It is surrounded by opulent Baroque guildhalls of the former Guilds of Brussels and two larger edifices: the city's Flamboyant Town Hall, and the neo-Gothic King's House or Bread House building, housing the Brussels City Museum. Grand Place is situated 1¼ km southwest of Place des Barricades.

Manneken Pis

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Manneken Pis is a landmark 55.5 cm bronze fountain sculpture in central Brussels, Belgium, depicting a puer mingens: a nude boy urinating into the fountain's basin. Manneken Pis is situated 1½ km southwest of Place des Barricades.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freedom Quarter and Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.

Freedom Quarter

Neighborhood

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The Freedom Quarter is a quarter of Brussels, Belgium. It is situated between the Belgian Parliament and the Rue Royale/Koningsstraat, not far from the crossroads with the Small Ring.

Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

Town

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Saint-Josse-ten-Noode or Sint-Joost-ten-Node, often simply called Saint-Josse in French or Sint-Joost in Dutch, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.