''Light sculpture designed by Yann Kersalé to the Grand Place. Whatever the direction taken to reach the Grand Place - North, South, East, West - one enters the confined space paved ground, historic facade, sky. Also enclosed you can be in this place, it inspires, it exudes tranquility, calm, perhaps the scale? Perhaps the place? Regardless, there is. Sort of grand ballroom of a castle unlikely whose ceiling is the sky, framed by richly carved facades. This is the space of sky that becomes support of convergence, starting four entities dotted lines that intertwine against the backdrop of European airspace. As many dots as ideas, passions, thoughts from the four cardinal points to speak, unite, educate, socialize... '' Yann Kersalé.
Panorama made of 10 photos taken on the 26 October 2008.
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Grand Place is the central square of Brussels. World renowned for its rich ornamentation, it is bordered by guild houses, the Hotel de Ville and the Maison du Roi. It is generally considered one of the most beautiful places in the world. It was listed in 1998 on the World Heritage List of UNESCO. Historic site, it has witnessed many events happy or tragic. In 1523, the first Protestant martyrs, Voes Henri and Jean Van Eschen, are burned by the Inquisition, forty years later, the Counts of Egmont and Hornes are beheaded. In August 1695, during the War of the League of Augsburg, most of the houses, some of which are still made ?of wood, were destroyed during the bombing of the city by French troops under Marshal de Villeroy. Only the façade and the tower of the City Hall, which served as a target for artillery, and some stone walls have withstood incendiary bullets. The houses surrounding the square were rebuilt in stone by different corporations. Among these, the home of the corporation Brewers now houses the Museum of the Brewers.
Panorama made of 10 photos taken on the 29 October 2008.
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At the end of the nineteenth century, the newly independent Belgium is booming economic and industrial. King Leopold II, joined by the ruling bourgeoisie, was willing to give Brussels infrastructure, parks and monuments worthy of a prestigious city. As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of independence, the choice is made to organize the celebrations, land, field maneuvers of the army and in the territory of the municipality of Etterbeek. Annexed to the city of Brussels, the place is built for the Jubilee (1880). It organizes the festivities and a national exhibition of the products of art and industry in Belgium. A second exposure and Grand Concours International Science and Industry are organized in 1888. On this occasion, the architect Gideon Bordiau, designed the project to concentrate in one place 'all the knowledge of the nation' in the Palais du Cinquantenaire. He built two buildings linked by colonnades semicircular arch with a central arc provisional only. The whole is oriented on an axis, facing the prospect of the royal palace and the center of the city, behind which begins the Avenue de Tervuren, a long ten kilometers, the king will draw to connect the city to the castle and the royal domain. The layout of the park is designed to accommodate the pavilions of exhibitors.
Panorama made of 10 photos taken on the 27 October 2008.
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Crocodile in a garden in Brussels...
Panorama made of 12 photos taken on the 29 October 2008.
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Japanese Garden in Brussels...
Panorama made of 12 photos taken on the 27 October 2008.
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The Atomium is a monument in Brussels, Belgium, built during the 1958 World'Exposition representing the mesh of conventional iron crystal (body-centered cubic structure) magnified 165 billion times. The nine spheres represent the nine constituent atoms of the crystal and iron are only a coincidence with the division of Belgium (nine Belgian provinces of the time, which are now ten with the division of Brabant). The original designer of the monument was conceived as a reference to science, particularly the uses of the atom, in full development at the time.
Panorama made of 12 + 12 photos taken on the 29 October 2008.
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The Atomium is a monument in Brussels, Belgium, built during the 1958 World'Exposition representing the mesh of conventional iron crystal (body-centered cubic structure) magnified 165 billion times. The nine spheres represent the nine constituent atoms of the crystal and iron are only a coincidence with the division of Belgium (nine Belgian provinces of the time, which are now ten with the division of Brabant). The original designer of the monument was conceived as a reference to science, particularly the uses of the atom, in full development at the time.
Panorama made of 12 photos taken on the 29 October 2008.
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The Atomium is a monument in Brussels, Belgium, built during the 1958 World'Exposition representing the mesh of conventional iron crystal (body-centered cubic structure) magnified 165 billion times. The nine spheres represent the nine constituent atoms of the crystal and iron are only a coincidence with the division of Belgium (nine Belgian provinces of the time, which are now ten with the division of Brabant). The original designer of the monument was conceived as a reference to science, particularly the uses of the atom, in full development at the time.
Panorama made of 12 photos taken on the 27 October 2008.
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