Flanders Gate

Flanders Gate
Porte de Flandre (French) Vlaamsepoort (Dutch)
Part of Second City Walls of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
The Flanders Gate at the end of the 18th century
Flanders Gate Show map of Brussels Flanders Gate Show map of Belgium
Coordinates	50°51′11″N4°20′30″E / 50.85306°N 4.34167°E / 50.85306; 4.34167
Type	City gate
Site history
Built	14th century
Materials	Stone

The Flanders Gate (French : Porte de Flandre; Dutch : Vlaamsepoort) was one of the medieval city gates of the second walls of Brussels, Belgium. ^[1]

See also

• Belgium portal

• Halle Gate, a part of the 14th-century city wall protecting Brussels
• History of Brussels
• Belgium in the long nineteenth century

References

Citations

1. "L'ancienne Porte de Flandre / Musée de la Ville de Bruxelles - Maison du Roi – Inventaire du patrimoine mobilier". collections.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 24 July 2024.

Bibliography

• Demey, Thierry (2013). Bruxelles, des remparts aux boulevards (in French). Brussels: Badeaux. ISBN   978-2-930609-02-7.
• Spapens, Christian (2005). Les Boulevards extérieurs de la Porte de Hal à la Place Rogier. Bruxelles, ville d'Art et d'Histoire (in French). Vol. 40. Brussels: Centre d'information, de Documentation et d'Etude du Patrimoine. ISBN   978-2-96005-026-4.

External links

• Media related to Flanders city gate (Brussels) at Wikimedia Commons