Place de la Duchesse de Brabant - Hertogin van Brabantplaats

Place de la Duchesse de Brabant - Hertogin van Brabantplaats is a square in Molenbeek and surroundings, Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital. Place de la Duchesse de Brabant - Hertogin van Brabantplaats is situated nearby to Church of St. Barbara, as well as near the movie theater Cinemaximiliaan.

Photo: Bernard Lee, CC0.

Type: Square
Description: square in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
Also known as: “Hertogin van Brabantplaats”, “Hertogin van Brabantplein”, “Pièremet”, and “Place de la Duchesse de Brabant”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St. Barbara and Manneken Pis.

Church of St. Barbara

Church

Photo: Bernard Lee, CC0.

Manneken Pis

Photo: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 east of Place de la Duchesse de Brabant - Hertogin van Brabantplaats.

Grand Place

Square

Photo: Celuici, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 1½ km east of Place de la Duchesse de Brabant - Hertogin van Brabantplaats.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Brussels and Rive Gauche - Linkeroever.

West Brussels

The West contains the extensive western suburbs of Brussels. Except for the Sacred Heart basilica, tourists usually do not visit this part of the city.