City hall of Antwerp by iaacf
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Antwerp's city hall is considered the most important Renaissance building in the Low Countries. When the city council decided to build a new city hall in the 16th century, they wanted a building in gothic style, but by the time the money for the new city hall was found, renaissance had become the new architectural style.
The design by Cornelis Floris II de Vriendt was influenced heavily by Italian architecture and is a Flemish variant of Florentine palaces. The city hall was constructed between 1561 and 1565 and influenced the design of many government buildings across North and Central Europe.
The lowest floor of the city hall consists of small shops with in total 45 small entrances. The construction of the city hall was partly funded with the rent received from those shopkeepers.
Comments (7)
marybelgium
Superbe photo de l'Hel de ville de ma ville natale !
Zacko
What an impressive building!!! So beautiful!!! Excellent capture! Have a great day #:O)
voske
Excellent photo from City hall of Antwerp and nice to see the Brabo fountain also!!
hotracer2
Great history in this fine image:):):)
camera2
Thank you for a most imformative history lesson, which is accompanied by a grand photograph. I love all the flags of the different counties or provinces. This is just great. A trip home at the cost of a click of a mouse. Thank you very much. -egmont
Enmos
Impressive building with all those flags, superb capture here as well !!! :o)
tizjezzme
What a COOL picture! Impressive is right, with all the flags and COLORS!