Laeken Gate

Laeken Gate
Porte de Laeken (French) Lakensepoort (Dutch)
Part of the second city walls of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
The Laeken Gate at the end of the 18th century
Site information
Type	City gate
Location
Laeken Gate Location within Brussels Show map of Brussels Laeken Gate Laeken Gate (Belgium) Show map of Belgium
Coordinates	50°51′22″N4°21′18″E / 50.85611°N 4.35500°E / 50.85611; 4.35500
Site history
Materials	Stone

The Laeken Gate (French : Porte de Laeken; Dutch : Lakensepoort) 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 Laeken / 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 Laeken city gate (Brussels) at Wikimedia Commons